• Psychological reports · Oct 2001

    Old age from an existential-analytical perspective.

    • A Längle.
    • International Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, Vienna, Austria. a.laengle@existenzanalyse.org
    • Psychol Rep. 2001 Oct 1; 89 (2): 211-5.

    AbstractAging confronts humans with specific existential issues. They frequently cause suffering in old age. Not dealing with or insufficiently dealing with these existential themes may result in crisis, psychological disorders, and illness. By integrating existential themes of aging into the understanding of one's own life, the process of aging contributes to personal maturity.

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