健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智_BEC初级作文

健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智

从克莱顿博士的框架出发，佛罗里达大学（University of Florida，位于美国盖恩斯维尔市）的社会学副教授莫妮卡·阿尔德特(Monika Ardelt)在工作中体会到，有必要加强关于老年人的研究，这是因为研究显示，对晚年生活的满意度包含维持身心健康、不求回报付出、与他人保持积极的关系等要素。但如果一个人身体衰弱，或他承担的社会角色有所减弱，又或者他遭受了重大损失，很可能就无法满足这些要素。“那么，这些人是不是就不能安享晚年了？他们是否只能放弃希望？”她记得曾这样问自己。

Wisdom, she has found, is the ace in the hole that can help even severely impaired people find meaning, contentment and acceptance in later life.

事实并非如此。阿尔德特教授发现还有一张王牌，即使是深受重创的人，也可以藉此找到人生意义，在晚年中怡然自安，这张王牌就是智慧。

She developed a scale consisting of 39 questions aimed at measuring three dimensions of wisdom. People responding to statements on Professor Ardelt's wisdom scale — things like "a problem has little attraction for me if I don't think it has a solution," or "I can be comfortable with all kinds of people" and "I'm easily irritated by people who argue with me" — were not told they were being measured for wisdom. Respondents later answered questions about hypothetical challenges and crises, and those who showed evidence of high wisdom were also more likely to have better coping skills, Professor Ardelt found. In general, for example, they said they would be more active than passive about dealing with hardship.