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Taking into account the increase in longevity and the positive and negative aspects brought by the aging process, the elderly often go through many losses. In this process, elderly people may be affected by physical and psychological problems, leading them to create or not strategies for aging well. The aim of this research is to analyze the association between psychological symptoms with spirituality and strategies for successful aging in the elderly. This study consists of a quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional research. The sample consisted of 49 people over 60 years of age, who actively participated in computing groups in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. The instruments used were the Selection, Optimization and Compensation Scale (SOC), the Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS-40) and the Spirituality Scale. Descriptive statistical analyzes, correlation by Spearman's test and linear regression by stages were performed. The results showed significant relationships between the psychological symptoms of anxiety, obsessiveness/ compulsiveness, psychoticism and somatization. Spirituality, especially hope and optimism, and strategies to promote successful aging, especially optimization, are relevant aspects for the reduction and control of these psychological symptoms. Hope, optimism and optimization are strategies that allow subjects to control the symptoms of psychoticism and obsessiveness. Hope and optimism aid in the control of anxiety and optimization helps in the somatization symptom. Based on these results, our conclusion is that it is necessary to improve public policies to allow the elderly to have opportunities to optimize their potential and develop hope and optimize the promotion of mental health.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic, non-inflammatory syndrome characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and tender points in some body areas. Thus, studies based on fibromyalgia patients' experience are critical, as they end up having a loss in their personal relationships over time, personal chores, self-esteem, security, and motivation to life. The general objective of this study is to investigate the association between resilience and self-compassion in patients with Fibromyalgia. The present research has a quantitative, descriptive, and transversal design. This study will consist of Fibromyalgia patients from the Metropolitan Region of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil. The sample was composed of 30 participants, over 25 years old, of both sexes, selected for convenience. These participants were invited based on contacts acquired in a social network of Fibromyalgia patients and care services for patients with the syndrome. The instruments used in data collection, all self-reported, were: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), the Resilience Scale, and the Self-Compassion Scale. Descriptive analyzes were performed, showing the absolute value, the mean, and standard deviation. Association analyzes were also performed using the Spearman test and Linear Regression tests, with a significance level ≤0.05. There was no significant difference between resilience and self-compassion over the study period. The participants presented the resilience variable with values that were found in the expected average. The present study showed a moderate correlation between resilience and self-compassion. The decrease in the impact of fibromyalgia is associated with less use of the problem-solving strategy and an increase in the Mindfulness strategy. Mindfulness is the most apparent component of self-compassion in the study. Therefore, it is possible to identify in this research the low level of the variable resilience in patients with the syndrome.

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