Is a Decline in Will to Live a Consequence or Predictor of Depression in Late Life?

Carmel, Sara; Tovel, Hava; Raveis, Victoria H.; O’Rourke, Norm

doi:10.1111/jgs.15394

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“…This gender difference has also been established in another research (Carmel et al, 2007(Carmel et al, , 2018.…”

Section: Will-to-livesupporting

confidence: 69%

“…These constructs were selected as they are conceptually linked to WTL (Carmel, 2017). Additionally, as past investigation showed that elderly women express significantly weaker WTL than elderly men (Carmel, 2001;Carmel et al, 2007Carmel et al, , 2018, we also analyzed the relationship between gender and WTL in an adolescent population.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Convergent validity was demonstrated through significant associations between WTL and several indicators of wellbeing. The WTLS has been utilized to assess WTL among elderly people residing in Israel (Carmel, 2017; Carmel et al, 2018; Shrira et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Will-to-Live Scale: Validity and Reliability Among Portuguese Adolescents

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This work presents psychometric analyses of the Will-to-Live Scale (WTLS) among Portuguese adolescents. Two studies were carried out to establish the psychometric characteristics of the WTLS. Findings of both studies pointed out that the WTLS has satisfactory reliability and validity. Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis of the WTLS evidenced a unidimensional structure. Different types of reliability estimates of the WTLS were also good. Findings also supported the convergent validity of the WTLS through significant positive correlations, between will-to-live and life satisfaction, satisfaction with family life, positive affect, self-esteem, and emotional intelligence, and negative associations with negative affect, depression, anxiety, and stress. Findings of this research indicate that the WTLS is a valid and reliable tool among Portuguese adolescents.

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“…This gender difference has also been established in another research (Carmel et al, 2007(Carmel et al, , 2018.…”

Section: Will-to-livesupporting

confidence: 69%

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“…Women's biological features, such as hormonal changes, along with their disadvantages in societal areas of life (socioeconomic status, gender-related social roles) extend to gender differences in mental health. Thus, women tend to report being more moody than men (91), more worried (92), more anxious (93, 94), and more stressed and depressed (11, 68, 82, 87, 95–100). Many studies have also shown that women score lower than men on psychological indicators of well-being and coping resources, such as self-esteem (10, 99, 101–104), will-to-live (9, 11), and self-efficacy (23).…”

Section: Gender Differences In Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health and Well-Being in Late Life: Gender Differences Worldwide

Carmel

2019

Front. Med.

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Maintaining health and quality of life and decreasing the number of years lived with disabilities in old age are among the main challenges of aging societies worldwide. This paper aims to present current worldwide health-related gender inequalities throughout life, and especially in late life, as well as gender gaps in social and personal resources which affect health, functioning and well-being. This paper also addresses the question of whether gender gaps at younger ages tend to narrow in late life, due to the many biological and social changes that occur in old age. Based on international data regarding these gender gaps and the trends of change in personal resources and health-related lifestyles in the more and less developed nations, conclusions regarding future changes in gender gaps are presented, along with practical implications for future improvements in women's health and well-being.

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“…will-to-live reflected the well-being of older people and closely associated with health and wellbeing of the elderly [26][27][28][29] . Compared to previous studies on desires and will-to-live focusing on the older people [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], our study had a good sampling frame to achieve the representativeness of the overall population in the country, and by applying plenty of questions that were designed to scrutinize various aspects of people's life and social security issues, we were able to examine the effects of diverse covariates in details.…”

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Gender disparity in the individual attitude toward longevity among Japanese population: Findings from a national survey

Tobe

Izumida

2021

PLoS ONE

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The unprecedented population aging brings profound influences to the social values of longevity. The individual attitudes toward the expended life time deserves scrutiny, as it reflects the impacts of social networks and social welfare on people’s life and wellbeing. This study aims to examine whether and how gender disparity is affecting the individual anticipation to longevity among Japanese citizen. We used the dataset of National Survey on Social Security and Peoples Life implemented in 2017 to calculate the odds ratios (OR) of the individual anticipation to longevity. Besides gender, other demographic characteristics, physical and mental health, the experience of nursing care for the elderly, financial conditions and social networks are examined by performing the multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis. The results indicate the robust effects of gender disparity on the individual aspiration for longevity. The proportion of those who inclined the positive statement on longevity was estimated to be 69.7% (95% CI: 68.6% - 70.9%) in the whole population, and 70.9% (95% CI: 69.4% - 72.5%) and 68.7% (95% CI: 67.1% - 70.2%) in male and female, respectively. Besides gender, independent factors significantly affecting the individual valuation of longevity include age, annual household income, the experience of nursing care, household saving, having a conversation with others and the availability of reliable partner(s) for relevant supports; while the common factors affecting the outcome variable were self-perceived health status and mental distress measured by K6. The interaction of gender and these significant factors were determined as well. In conclusion, with relevant representativeness and quality of data source, this analysis adds knowledge on gender disparity in the individual anticipation on longevity. The findings are suggestive to reform the social security system in the super aged society.

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Is a Decline in Will to Live a Consequence or Predictor of Depression in Late Life?

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References 35 publications

The Will-to-Live Scale: Validity and Reliability Among Portuguese Adolescents

The Will-to-Live Scale: Validity and Reliability Among Portuguese Adolescents

Health and Well-Being in Late Life: Gender Differences Worldwide

Gender disparity in the individual attitude toward longevity among Japanese population: Findings from a national survey

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