Resilience in Older Adults Living in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Areas

Association between demographics and resilience – a cross‐sectional study among nurses in Singapore

“…This is in contrast to previous studies (Scali et al. ; Wells ) whereby no significant associations were found between marital status and resilience. It is likely that for our sample, being married connects one to other individuals and to social groups, which provide support to deal with stressful situations (Waite ).…”

“…However, in studies among older people, differing results were reported. Sociodemographic factors such as age, gender, education, employment status, income and marital status were identified to not influence the resilience levels of adults aged 65 years and above from urban, suburban and rural areas of the state of New York (Wells ). Similarly, in another study on community‐dwelling male elderly aged 70 and above and living with others had significant associations with higher resilience in bivariate analyses, the variables were no longer significant in multivariate analysis (Hardy et al.…”

Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults: A cross‐sectional study in China

“…Given its social relation nature, sense of community might nurture and promote older adults’ psychological resilience. As discussed earlier, many factors of social relations and social interaction were found to be associated with psychological resilience among older adults (Blane et al, ; Hildon et al, ; Moyle et al, ; Well, ).…”

“…It was also found that age and socioeconomic status were not related to psychological resilience among older adults (Demakakos, Netuveli, Cable, & Blane, ). On the contrary, some studies revealed that the resilient older adults were significantly younger (e.g., Hildon, Montgomery, Blane, Wiggins, & Netuveli, ) and that income was significantly correlated with older adults' psychological resilience (Well, ).…”

“…The significant association between psychological resilience and social relations and social interactions among older adults was largely confirmed. Factors of social relations and social interactions, including social support, good quality of relationships, close confiding relationships, contact with family or friends, social engagement and social integration within the community were frequently found to be associated with psychological resilience among older adults (Blane et al, ; Demakakos et al, ; Hildon et al, ; Lamond et al, ; Moyle et al, ; Nygren et al, ; Well, ).…”