A review: Schulz



A review: Schulz

Central Claim of the Study

Schulz in 1976 determined that aged people loses control over emotions and events as they feel depressed and angry on sudden events and changes. Predictable positive events had great impact on aged people who feel free when they are aware of any event or occurrence that is going to take place. Control improves the overall situation for elderly, and they feel more relaxed and happy with such situations. In this paper, he has discussed the issues regarding predictability in life and its impact on elderly people. The author conducted an experiment in which elderly people were selected randomly, and they were exposed to different events and situations.

According to Schulz, Control and Predictability in the lives of elderly people affects their mental health and overall happiness. It enhances their mental health of the aged people. They do not like changes in life and control in their lives improves their overall health. The author claimed that individuals want control in their environment, especially the old people. Although, with time and age, individuals lose control of the situation around them and world around the m. However, they like control and predictability in their lives. According to the Author, Control and Predictability are now more concerned with the quality of elderly lives. They want control in their lives so nothing is difficult for them. They may not be able to have control in their lives themselves. The desire to exercise control only becomes a problem when it is too big and too powerful, and if they lose sight of the fact they try to attempt or exercise control that sometimes leads to success, while failure in other cases. Since, their control on events is very low, they become sad and depressed from the situation. They often fight with their children on various matters related to family issues. Since, they do not have much control over events and circumstances in family affairs when they get old. At this age, when they are already deprived of happiness and satisfaction in their lives, they tend to get more upset with such situations. Hence predictability and control in their lives is very important, otherwise mentally they would stay ill due to these circumstances and events (Sherman, 2005). The author says that when they do not get a control in their lives, they find it difficult to cope it with the issue and feel depressed. Depression is a big problem in the elderly. It is a creeping disease, as the body become weak, sick and lonely. When people grow old, they do not receive sufficient support from family, friends, society, which then sneaks into depression. They feel the loss of their freedom, and limited movement in their own lives. Of course, this situation also raises depression. They want control and predictability in their lives. The author has defined control and predictability as the extent of certainity in the lives of human beings. The more certain they are about their ...