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RODRIGUEZ, Martha Patricia Chaves; BARBOSA, Maria Raquel Camarinha da Silva dos Santos and FERNANDES, José Luís Lopes. La vitalidad y la vejez. IGT rede [online]. 2016, vol.13, n.24, pp.115-133. ISSN 1807-2526.
This paper is a chapter of a doctoral thesis in Psychology, and its issue is an intervention in senior population and its appraisal. All living beings have vitality as a quality, which is related with energy and metabolic processes in an organism and the use of it. It could be defined as energy available to self, thus is related with well-being, basic psychological needs and motivation. Throughout old age, it could be held even enhanced by a few interventions.
Keywords : vitality; motivation; basic psychological needs; aging.