Level of happiness and happiness-determining factors perceived by women aged over 60 years

Janus, Edyta; Smrokowska-Reichmann, Agnieszka

doi:10.1080/08952841.2018.1485387

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“…Finding a purpose, maintaining productivity and creating goals in order to age well in the post-migration context were also important aspects for women in the study. This finding is similar to those of Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2019) as well as Teater and Chonody (2020) who reported that the importance of finding a purpose and creating goals positively affected a person’s physical and mental health, thus reducing a person’s risk for loneliness and health deterioration. Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2019) further explained that the key to successful aging was to create goals and work towards achieving them.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…This finding is similar to those of Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2019) as well as Teater and Chonody (2020) who reported that the importance of finding a purpose and creating goals positively affected a person’s physical and mental health, thus reducing a person’s risk for loneliness and health deterioration. Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2019) further explained that the key to successful aging was to create goals and work towards achieving them. Creating goals was one way to maintain productivity in older adulthood which is associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes (Ruggiano et al., 2017).…”

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Finding the Silver Lining: Aging Well Amongst Older Brazilian Women in the Post-Migration Context

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Study Background The aging population in Canada has been increasing steadily over the past 40 years, however, there is limited information about the meaning of aging well amongst older Brazilian women in Canada. Methods A Heideggerian interpretive phenomenology study was conducted to understand the meaning of aging well amongst older Brazilian women in the post-migration context living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Results Eight older Brazilian women residing in the GTA were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling and participated in individual face-to-face interviews. Through data analysis and the incorporation of Heidegger’s four existentials of human existence, the themes that emerged were (a) Embracing being part of a mosaic, (b) Aging with grace, (c) Chasing your dreams and (d) Being a bridge and not a fence. The overarching theme was: Finding the silver lining: Aging well. Conclusion This study informs nursing practice, research and policy development to advance the health of older immigrant adults in Canada.

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“…This finding is reflected in the literature where older women stated that to age well, it was important to maintain good health through nutrition and physical activity (Janus & Smrokowska-Reichmann, 2018). Similarly, Gutiérrez, Tomás and Calatayud (2018) explored physical activity amongst older adults and found that older adults who maintained physical activity improved their life satisfaction, self-care, nutrition behaviours, and functional performance, thus increasing their quality of life.…”

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“…This finding is similar to Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2018) who conducted a qualitative study with women aged 60 and above in Poland. These older women considered themselves as being happy despite encountering barriers to achieving their goals as when they encountered as obstacle or barrier, they used this as an opportunity to restructure their goals and create new ones (Janus & Smrokowska-Reichmann, 2018).…”

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“…Janus and Smrokowska-Reichmann (2018) further explained that the key to successful aging was to create goals and work towards achieving them. The older adults in their study attributed the creation of goals as a step towards establishing a meaningful life that positively contributed to happiness (Janus & Smrokowska-Reichmann, 2018). According to Kim and Park (2017), a key to aging well is to not disengage from life as one ages but to find a purpose and continually move on with a goal for the rest of one's life.…”

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Finding the silver lining: aging well amongst older Brazilian women

Lucchese¹

2022

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<p>The aging population in Canada has been increasing steadily over the past 40 years, however, there is limited information about the meaning of aging amongst older Brazilian women. Hence, my study aimed to understand the meaning of aging well amongst older Brazilian women in the post-migration context living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. The methodology and framework used to guide my study was Heideggerian interpretive phenomenology. Eight older Brazilian women residing in the GTA were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling and participated in individual face-to-face interviews. Using van Manen’s approach to data analysis and Heidegger’s four existentials of human existence, four subthemes were developed: Embracing being part of a mosaic, Aging with grace, Chasing your dreams, and Being a bridge and not a fence. The overarching theme was: Finding the silver lining: Aging well amongst older Brazilian women. My study findings have implications for research, policy and practice to enhance the delivery of culturally responsive care to older immigrants to improve health outcomes.</p>

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Factors affecting mental health and happiness in the elderly: A structural equation model by gender differences

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Purpose: There are few studies on the gender differences in mental health, happiness, and their related factors among the older population through the structural equation model (SEM) in Iran. We conducted this study to evaluate the factors affecting mental health and happiness in the elderly using an SEM by gender differences. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted on 739 elderly people in 2019 in Karaj, Iran. Sociodemographic, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL90-R), and the Oxford Happiness Inventory were applied to evaluate the relationships between happiness, mental health, and sociodemographic factors by using statistical path analysis with Lisrel 8.8 and SPSS-17.Results: Overall, 55.5% of the participants in the study were female. The SCL90 (p value = .000) and happiness (p value = .000) scores showed significant differences between men and women. Fit indices confirmed the high model fitness, desirability, and logical relationships between the variables according to the conceptual model in both men (X2 = 3.2, df = 1) and women (X2 = 5.4, df = 2) groups. According to the path analysis, among the variables that affected happiness just through the direct path, education had the most positive causal relationship in men (B = .13) and women (B = .16), but mental health problems in men (B = −.33) and women (B = −.26), as well as the distance from home to the healthcare center in men (B = −.13) and women (B = −.11), had the most negative causal relationship with happiness respectively. Age was the only variable that was negatively related to happiness through direct and indirect paths in the women (B = −.188). Conclusion:We provided an empirical model that illustrates the relationships between happiness, mental health, and related factors in the older population. Gender differences in path analysis showed that age negatively affects the happiness of older women but not men.

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Level of happiness and happiness-determining factors perceived by women aged over 60 years

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Finding the Silver Lining: Aging Well Amongst Older Brazilian Women in the Post-Migration Context

Finding the Silver Lining: Aging Well Amongst Older Brazilian Women in the Post-Migration Context

Finding the silver lining: aging well amongst older Brazilian women

Factors affecting mental health and happiness in the elderly: A structural equation model by gender differences

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