New Frontiers in Resilient Aging

Fry, P. S.; Keyes, Corey L. M.

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“…The human life course is characterized by inevitable changes and challenges in various domains (Baltes, 1987;Huber et al, 2011), and maintaining a sense of well-being by positively adapting to these is considered an important aspect of health and healthy aging (Beard et al, 2016;Fry & Keyes, 2010;Huber et al, 2011;Keyes, 2014). Over the past decades, social science scholars have shown an increasing interest in identifying patterns of well-being across the lifespan, debating over the shape of the age distribution of well-being (in particular, whether it is U-shaped or not, see e.g.…”

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Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Well-Being Across Age: A Cross-Sectional General Population Study among 1709 Dutch Speaking Adults

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According to self-determination theory, individual well-being is universally dependent upon the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness. This study set out to further elucidate the relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) and well-being across age by (i) more closely examining the age distribution of BPNS, and (ii) investigating whether BPNS is comparably associated with well-being across all ages, as predicted by the universality assumption, while taking into account variability in other demographic factors. A general population sample of Dutch speaking adults from The Netherlands and Belgium (N = 1709; Mage = 48.6 years, SD = 19.0, range 18–97) filled out a cross-sectional online or paper-and-pencil survey questionnaire, providing self-reports of BPNS and well-being, using the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale and Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, respectively. Data analyses consisted of initial visual inspection using LOESS smoothed curve plotting, and subsequent model testing using multiple regression analyses. When correcting for other demographic factors, results showed a positive linear relationship between age and autonomy satisfaction, no significant relationship between age and competence satisfaction, and a slight positive cubic relationship between age and relatedness satisfaction (initial ‘peak’, followed by a slight decline and ‘dip’, and steady rise for later ages). All basic psychological needs factors were positively linked to well-being in all domains, with associations generally comparable between adults of different ages, thus lending support to the universality assumption of self-determination theory. Despite distinct age distributions, all three basic psychological needs seem important for maintaining a sense of well-being throughout life.

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Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Well-Being Across Age: A Cross-Sectional General Population Study among 1709 Dutch Speaking Adults

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“…Life-space has been previously used to assess resilience in community mobility in older adults (Sawyer & Allman, 2010). Those who remain resilient in community mobility may have resources to help recover from adverse events in life.…”

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“…Scores range from 0 to 120, with higher scores reflecting greater mobility. LSA scores have been shown to be normally distributed in the UAB Study of Aging population (Sawyer & Allman, 2010) and are reliable when collected in person or by telephone. Life-space scores remain stable over 2 weeks of follow-up (intraclass correlation coefficient = .96) but reflect changes, both increases and declines, with longer follow-up or after acute events (Brown et al, 2009; Peel et al, 2005).…”

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Factors That Contribute to Recovery of Community Mobility After Hospitalization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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This study aimed to determine the proportion of older adults who recovered community mobility after hospitalization and identify factors associated with recovery. Using a random sample of 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries ≥65 years of age, we identified individuals with at least one hospitalization over 8.5 years of follow-up. Data were collected at baseline and every 6 months, including demographics, function, social support, community mobility measured by the UAB Life-Space Assessment (LSA), and overnight hospital admissions. Recovery was defined as a LSA score no more than five points lower than the prehospitalization LSA score at last follow-up. Overall, 339 participants ( M age = 75.4 [ SD = 6.6] years, 44% African American, 48% female) had at least one hospitalization. In the full logistic regression model, younger age ( p = .007) and religious service attendance ( p = .001) remained independently associated with recovery. An understanding of factors associated with recovery after hospitalization may provide a target for future interventions.

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“…World Health Organization's definition of healthy aging; WHO, 2020). This suggests that the key to thriving in late life may be the ability to demonstrate resilience to agerelated challenges and transitions (Fry & Keyes, 2010;Greve & Staudinger, 2006;Harris, 2008;MacLeod et al, 2016;. Resilience can be defined as the process of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands (American Psychological Association, n.d.).…”

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The Interplay between Quality of Life and Resilience Factors in Later Life: A Network Analysis

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Age-related challenges and transitions can have considerable social, psychological, and physical consequences that may lead to significant changes in quality of life (QoL). As such, maintaining high levels of QoL in later life may crucially depend on the ability to demonstrate resilience (i.e., successful adaptation to late-life challenges). The current study set out to explore the interplay between several resilience factors, and how these contribute to the realization and maintenance of (different facets of) QoL. Based on previous work, we identified behavioral coping, positive appraisal, self-management ability, and physical activity as key resilience factors. Their interplay with (various facets of) QoL, as measured with the WHOQOL-OLD, was established through network analysis. In a sample of community-dwelling older adults (55+; N = 1392), we found that QoL was most strongly (and directly) related to positive appraisal style and self-management ability. Among those, taking care of multifunctional resources (i.e., yielding various benefits at the same time) seemed to be crucial. It connected directly to “satisfaction with past, present, and future activities”, a key facet of QoL with strong interconnections to other QoL facets. Our analysis also identified resilience factor(s) with the potential to promote QoL when targeted by training, intervention or other experimental manipulation. The appropriate set of resilience factors to manipulate may depend on the goal and/or facet of QoL that one aims to improve.

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New Frontiers in Resilient Aging

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Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Well-Being Across Age: A Cross-Sectional General Population Study among 1709 Dutch Speaking Adults

Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Well-Being Across Age: A Cross-Sectional General Population Study among 1709 Dutch Speaking Adults

Factors That Contribute to Recovery of Community Mobility After Hospitalization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

The Interplay between Quality of Life and Resilience Factors in Later Life: A Network Analysis

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