Glossary L

Glossary L

Life events are major events in a person’s life that require change or adaptation.

Life expectancy is defined as the average number of years from birth to death, as based on statistical analyses of the length of life for people born in a particular period.

- Life instincts (Eros) : Life instincts is defined as instincts that have as their goal the sustaining of life; the drive for ensuring survival of the individual and the species by satisfying the needs for food, water, air, and sex. Life instincts or Eros, moreover are the innate drives that are responsible for all of the positive or constructive aspects of behavior.

Life narrative refer to the aspects of personality that pull everything together, those integrative aspects that give a person an identity or sense of self.

- Life Orientation Test (LOT) : Life Orientation Test (LOT) is a measure of dispositional optimism

Life review refers to the process by which people reflect on the events and experiences of their lifetimes. Moreover, Life review is defined as a process of introspection, heightened interiority, self -reflection, and reminiscence, designed to resolve old conflicts and achieve a new sense of meaning as means to achieve integrity, account to oneself for one's past life, and prepare for death

Life satisfaction is defined as an evaluation of how one’s life is generally, and how it compares to some standard

Life skills refer to advice or therapy to develop what is called life skills, such as managing money, job interview skills, time-keeping, cooking, cleaning, moving house etc

see also:
"Life skills" is in the UNSPSC Code "60105200"
Life skills resources instructional materials