Protective factors against pathological aging in the aymara culture - A study with elderly persons on the shore of Titicaca lake in La Paz, Bolivia

Authors

  • Maria Mercedes Zerda Cáceres Psicogerontología. Comunidad Aymaras Urbanos de Pampajasi CAUP - Awicha. La Paz, Bolivia. E mail: petizerda@hotmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i1p9-32

Keywords:

Aging, Culture, Aymara, Social representation.

Abstract

The present investigation, presented from the perspective of the Latin American psychogerontology, reveals factors of the social representation of aging that the Aymara people have, one of the most important Bolivian cultures and distinguishes elements that act as protective factors of pathological aging, among the people of this nation originally from the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

 

Author Biography

Maria Mercedes Zerda Cáceres, Psicogerontología. Comunidad Aymaras Urbanos de Pampajasi CAUP - Awicha. La Paz, Bolivia. E mail: petizerda@hotmail.com

Psicóloga, magister en psicogerontología. Comunidad Aymaras Urbanos de Pampajasi CAUP - Awicha. La Paz, Bolivia.

 

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Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

Zerda Cáceres, M. M. (2019). Protective factors against pathological aging in the aymara culture - A study with elderly persons on the shore of Titicaca lake in La Paz, Bolivia. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 22(1), 9–32. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i1p9-32

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Papers

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