Sexual Expression in Old Age: How Older Adults from Different Cultures Express Sexually?

Humboldt, Sofia von; Ribeiro-Gonçalves, José Alberto; Costa, Andrea; Low, Gail; Leal, Isabel

doi:10.1007/s13178-020-00453-x

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“…In the rapidly aging population, older adults are adapting to new technologies and the demands of modern society, in order to overcome the difficulties and limits of their social and emotional isolation. During the pandemic, the use of new technologies by the older population has a beneficial effect on their quality of life and meaning of life ( Roupa et al, 2010 ; von Humboldt et al, 2018 , 2021 ).…”

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“…Cultural differences in generativity may also be influenced by the economic context of older participants. Older ethnic minority groups have disproportionately less work-related income, are less likely to have retirement pensions, have fewer opportunities for being generative, have a higher incidence of chronic illness disease, and have higher health expenses ( von Humboldt et al, 2013c , d ; von Humboldt and Leal, 2015a ; von Humboldt et al, 2021 ). As a result, older ethnic minority groups have, on average, greater health needs and fewer savings and resources ( Ferreira-Valente et al, 2019 ; Davis and Willink, 2020 ; Portocarrero et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…The perceptions of self-growth for older individuals have been associated with difficult experiences and emotions, and yet the COVID-19 pandemic offered these older people the opportunity to reflect and experience new perspectives of self-growth. For example, some participants reported self-growth by expanding their competences, for example by learning new technologies available online ( von Humboldt et al, 2018 , 2021 ). Moreover, literature indicates self-growth is related to age and culture ( Hupkens et al, 2018 ).…”

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The Upside of Negative Emotions: How Do Older Adults From Different Cultures Challenge Their Self-Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Background and ObjectiveThe outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised increased challenges for older adults’ personal growth in diverse cultural settings. The aim of this study was to analyze negative emotions and their role on older adults’ self-growth in Mexico, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a cross-national qualitative research was carried out.MethodsData were collected from 338 community-dwelling participants aged 65 years and older, using a semi-structured interview protocol. Older adults were asked about negative emotions that significantly contribute to their self-growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content analysis was used to identify key themes.ResultsSeven main negative emotions (fear, sadness, anger, grief, boredom, loneliness, and shame) significantly contributed to seven themes of self-growth, across the samples: sharing difficult experiences with others, supportive partner, spiritual practices, engagement with life, generativity, volunteering activities, and intimacy and sexual satisfaction. Sharing difficult experiences with others was most pertinent to Mexican (13.9%) and to Italian (3.0%) participants, and a supportive partner to Portuguese (12.1%), and to Spanish participants (6.5%).ConclusionThe findings of this study indicate that negative emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to their older adults’ self-growth. This study highlighted the cultural diversity of experiences during the pandemics and underlined the upside of negative emotions and its relation to older adults’ self-growth during this period.

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“…An important implication of this study is the need for improving education and exchanges between health care providers and older adults, so that intergenerational ambivalence is addressed, which can improve health care outcomes (Torres & Cao, 2019;von Humboldt et al, 2018;von Humboldt, Ribeiro-Gonçalves et al, 2020;von Humboldt, Ribeiro-Gonçalves, Leal et al, 2020). Family crises, role conflict, intergenerational ambivalence, physical and mental health difficulties, and preexisting family conflicts can result in older adults needing professional support and training (Hayslip & Fruhauf, 2019).…”

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Intergenerational relationships: do older adults experience ambivalence with their adult children?

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Educational Gerontology

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This study aims to analyze the perspectives of intergenerational relationships between older adults and adult children. For this purpose, a qualitative research was carried out, which analyzes these relations at a cross-national level. Four hundred and twenty four older participants aged 65-97 years, were interviewed. Participants were of three different nationalities and lived in the community. All the interviews went through the process of verbatim transcription and subsequent content analysis. Two dimensions of generational ambivalence were revealed from the study; support and the conflict dimensions. Findings of content analysis produced six themes, which represent intergenerational relations between older adults and adult children: older adults-adult children interaction quality; family integration; care and support; definition of limits; distance and alienation; and communication difficulties. This study highlighted the diversity of experiences in old age, in relation to intergenerational relationships and underlined the conflicting expectations from older adults in relation to their adult children.

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“…SWB integrates a set of dimensions, predominantly positive, that vary according to the conceptual model. SWB is frequently defined in an eudemonic way, focused on sexual functioning, or in anhedonic way, focused on subjective pleasure experiences (Graf & Patrick, 2014;Kleinstäuber, 2017;Santos-Iglesias et al, 2016;Štulhofer et al, 2019;von Humboldt et al, , 2020von Humboldt et al, , 2021. One of the best-known definitions of SWB contains dimensions such as physical pleasure, satisfaction with sexual function, emotional pleasure and importance of sex (Laumann et al, 2006;Rosen & Bachmann, 2008).…”

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How Do Older Portuguese and Mexican Adults Experience Their Sexual Well-Being? A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study

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Mendoza-Ruvalcaba

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Arch Sex Behav

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Sexual well-being (SWB) refers to the subjective emotional and cognitive evaluation of the quality of the individual's sexuality. SWB plays a relevant role in quality of life and health promotion on old age and has cross-cultural implications. In addition to the scarcity of in-depth qualitative studies in this area and studies with cross-cultural samples, no studies have compared perceptions of SWB among Portuguese and Mexican older adults. The aim of this study was to comparatively analyze perspectives on SWB among older adults residing in Portugal and Mexico. Data were collected from 86 Portuguese and 80 Mexican community-dwelling participants aged 65 years and older, using a semi-structured interview protocol. Older adults were asked about factors that significantly contribute to their SWB. Sociodemographic data were also gathered. Content analysis was used to identify key themes. Eight themes were identified across both studied samples: eroticism, supportive relationship, positive self-concept, health and self-care, romance, active life, tenderness and care, and no pain and no pregnancy restrictions. Eroticism was most pertinent to Portuguese participants (31.4%). Health and self-care was most frequently reported by Mexican participants (26.5%). The findings of this study indicate that SWB is strongly influenced by sociocultural and psychosocial values. Cross-cultural comparisons between older Portuguese and Mexican people provide a broader understanding of SWB in older age and suggest a scenario for future culture-adapted interventions and comprehensive policies.

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Sexual Expression in Old Age: How Older Adults from Different Cultures Express Sexually?

Cited by 24 publications

References 58 publications

The Upside of Negative Emotions: How Do Older Adults From Different Cultures Challenge Their Self-Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

The Upside of Negative Emotions: How Do Older Adults From Different Cultures Challenge Their Self-Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Intergenerational relationships: do older adults experience ambivalence with their adult children?

How Do Older Portuguese and Mexican Adults Experience Their Sexual Well-Being? A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study

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