Dr.Sc.Philos., Associate Professor A.P. Maltseva¹
PhD, Associate Professor I.A. Semikasheva¹
PhD, Associate Professor N.M. Kasatkina^1
1Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I.N. Ulyanov, Ulyanovsk

Objective of the study was to determine the effects of external factors on and internal attitudes of educators/ teachers to the lifestyle choice that leads to healthy longevity.
Methods and structure of the study. A total of 105 pedagogical university teachers, men and women aged 50-70 and over, were interviewed. The questionnaire survey form offered 45 questions organized around the following blocks: gender, age, presence of a longevity gene, social status, physical activity, unhealthy habits, social inclusion, official health, mental age, conscious self-care, and psychophysiological perception of life. The data obtained were processed using the Statistica 10.0 software.
Results and conclusions. The conscientious attitude to health and health protection is changing with each decade towards an increase in the concern about nutrition and in the importance of physical activity. Mental age is inconsistent with objective health. A conflict between the growing desire to live longer and the awareness of the importance of physical activity, on the one hand, and the real possibilities, on the other, is growing with each decade, too. Parents' longevity and the gender of their long-living relatives have a significant impact on their children's attitudes to health protection. The absence of long-livers in the family is due to the "lack of physical exercise", "feeling unhappy" and "unwillingness to live longer". Holding an executive post results in less self-care. There are gender-related specifics in the sections "Physical activity", "Unhealthy habits", "Social inclusion", "Official health", "Mental age", "Conscious self-care", and "Psychophysiological perception of life". The respondents' desire to live was associated with the state of their health, demand for their knowledge, skills and talents, the presence of close relatives and close family ties.
It was found that the conscientious concern of educators about own health and the degree of physical activity, as well as their desire to live longer are affected by the presence of long-livers in the family (as well as the gender of the long-liver), the age and gender of the respondents, their social inclusion, objective health, family status, and quality of family relations, education, social status.

Keywords: healthy longevity, age and health, heredity, life expectancy and psychological factors, life expectancy and social stereotypes.

References

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