(2016) Science and education, 2-3, 164-168. Odessa.

Tamara Plaksii,
PhD (Candidate of Historical Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Philosophy,
Mykola Derkach,
fourth-year student, Faculty of Psychology,
Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University,
20, Pershotravneva Str., Kremenchuk, Ukraine 

FEATURES OF SENIOR CITIZENS’ EMOTIONAL STATES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE MODERN UKRAINIAN SOCIETY TRANSFORMATION 

 The article deals with the peculiarities of senior citizens’ emotional states in the modern Ukrainian society. The main ways of interpreting the concepts of «emotions», «experience», «psychological states» have been considered in the study. It has been proved that hard life conditions may be manifested in the emotional sphere of elderly people and their psycho-physiological health. Besides, it has been found that their longevity depends on their life attitudes.

 emotions, emotional states, emotional suffering, emotional sphere, the old age, retirement age.

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