Autori:
Abramowska‑,Kmon, Anita,
Mynarska, Monika,
Timoszuk, SylwiaTitolo:
Coping strategies for happy childless ageing: an explorative study in PolandPeriodico:
GenusAnno:
2023 - Volume:
79 - Fascicolo:
2 - Pagina iniziale:
1 - Pagina finale:
23Childless older people face many challenges resulting from their lack of children that
may have an impact on their subjective well‑being, especially in a country where family
ties are strong, and children are the main source of support. In this paper, we examine
the coping strategies that childless seniors in Poland employ in order to mitigate vari‑
ous risks related to having no offspring. We use a qualitative approach, drawing upon
in‑depth interviews with 42 childless men and women aged 65 or older. We frame our
analyses within the life course approach, stressing the biographical development of
coping strategies over the life course. Our results corroborate previous findings, and
show that the major challenges older childless people in Poland face are related to
feeling lonely, and to having insufficient (practical) support and care in case of depend‑
ency. We describe the actions the respondents consciously took in response to these
challenges, and examine how these actions changed over the life course. The strate‑
gies aimed at promoting healthy ageing or helping older people expand their social
networks are strongly in line with the respondents’ personal predispositions and earlier
lifestyles and experiences.
SICI: 0016-6987(2023)79:2<1:CSFHCA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
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