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@article{ART001826139},
author={CHOI HYEON OK and Ghim, Hei-rhee},
title={Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood},
journal={THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
issn={1229-0718},
year={2013},
volume={26},
number={4},
pages={21-39}

TY - JOUR
AU - CHOI HYEON OK
AU - Ghim, Hei-rhee
TI - Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood
JO - THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PY - 2013
VL - 26
IS - 4
PB - The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
SP - 21
EP - 39
SN - 1229-0718
AB - This study explored life satisfaction in geriatric population. The following tests were administered to 103 people over the age of 60: mindreading tasks and cognitive tasks, personality questionnaires measuring extroversion and agreeableness, and questionnaires measuring the amount of social participation in activities and social adaptation. The analysis revealed a strong correlation between mindreading abilities and cognitive abilities, but was not correlated with agreeableness. Additionally, mindreading abilities was negatively correlated with life satisfaction. Furthermore, life satisfaction was positively correlated with agreeableness, extroversion, economic status, and the amount of social participation. It was expected that older people who were good mindreaders would demonstrate more appropriate social interactions and better social adaptation. However, it was found that an appropriate level of insensitivity to other people’s mental states was associated with increased life satisfaction. Society's widespread negative views about older people, and the loneliness from decreasing social relationships, are two possible explanations for these counterintuitive results.
KW - Old age;mindreading;cognitive abilities;agreeableness;life satisfaction
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CHOI HYEON OK and Ghim, Hei-rhee. (2013). Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 26(4), 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK and Ghim, Hei-rhee. 2013, "Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood", THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.26, no.4 pp.21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK, Ghim, Hei-rhee "Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26.4 pp.21-39 (2013) : 21.

CHOI HYEON OK, Ghim, Hei-rhee. Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood. 2013; 26(4), 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK and Ghim, Hei-rhee. "Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26, no.4 (2013) : 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK; Ghim, Hei-rhee. Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 26(4), 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK; Ghim, Hei-rhee. Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2013; 26(4) 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK, Ghim, Hei-rhee. Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood. 2013; 26(4), 21-39.

CHOI HYEON OK and Ghim, Hei-rhee. "Mindreading Abilities and the Social Adaptation in Late Adulthood" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26, no.4 (2013) : 21-39.