La Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso como herramienta para optimizar las intervenciones potenciadoras del envejecimiento activo.

  1. María Márquez-González
  2. Virginia Fernández-Fernández
  3. Rosa Romero-Moreno
  4. Andrés Losada
Revista:
Informació psicològica

ISSN: 0214-347X

Año de publicación: 2013

Número: 105

Páginas: 42-59

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Informació psicològica

Resumen

En el presente trabajo se plantea una reflexión en torno a la gran consistencia y potencial complementariedad existente entre la perspectiva de la intervención clínica, especialmente la cada vez más popular terapia de aceptación y compromiso (ACT), y los modelos teóricos en los que se ha sustentado la perspectiva del envejecimiento activo (perspectiva del ciclo vital). Se propone que la terapia ACT puede contribuir a la optimización del repertorio de herramientas y estrategias para potenciar el envejecimiento con éxito. Se revisan brevemente los modelos de desarrollo a lo largo del ciclo vital, haciendo énfasis en cómo éstos se articulan en torno a los constructos “meta” y “acción” y subrayan el papel de los procesos de autorregulación y ajuste flexible de metas en la adaptación a lo largo del ciclo vital. Finalmente, se describe brevemente una propuesta concreta de intervención basada en la terapia ACT actualmente en desarrollo, dirigida a personas que cuidan de familiares mayores con demencia

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