ABSTRACT
Twenty-two of the panel members achieved the style of Living Fully. Their energies were not heavily invested in any one segment of life, but were spread rather broadly. Yet their involvement in most aspects of living was more than minimal. Twelve members achieved this style very clearly, and seven fairly clearly; only three achieved it somewhat vaguely. It is the style which is most highly related to success, with 78 per cent in the autonomous-persistent category, 18 per cent in the combined autonomous-precarious and dependent-persistent group, and 4 per cent in the least successful, or dependent-precarious group. Like the other styles, however, it was by no means an absolute guarantee of successful aging; there were cases in which it was associated with precariousness in relation to the aging process, and even one case in which it was associated with dependency.
