The impact of resilience among older adults

Abstract

The purpose of this literature review was to provide an overview of resilience for the purpose of informing potential intervention designs that may benefit older adults. While numerous reviews have focused on various specific aspects of resilience, none have provided the necessary information required to design an effective resilience intervention. Research examining resilience suggests that older adults are capable of high resilience despite socioeconomic backgrounds, personal experiences, and declining health. Thus opportunities to inform interventions in this area exist. Research studies have identified the common mental, social, and physical characteristics associated with resilience. High resilience has also been significantly associated with positive outcomes, including successful aging, lower depression, and longevity. Interventions to enhance resilience within this population are warranted, but little evidence of success exists. Thus this review provides an overview of resilience that may aid in the design of resilience interventions for the often underserved population of older adults.

Pengaruh Faktor Ekologi Terhadap Resiliensi Remaja

“…Resiliensi juga berhubungan dengan kesejahteraan psikologis (Sagone & De Caroli, 2014). Riset yang dilakukan terhadap orang usia dewasa menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan signifikan antara tingkat resiliensi yang baik dengan kecenderungan kehidupan masa depan yang lebih baik, diantaranya yakni kesuksesan di masa tua, tingkat depresi yang lebih rendah, dan berumur panjang (MacLeod et al, 2016). Termasuk dalam faktor ekologi, yakni kesejahteraan subjektif, Berg et al (2013) menyatakan bahwa banyaknya perubahan yang terjadi dalam kehidupan remaja sangat berpengaruh terhadap proses penyesuaian diri yang akhirnya berdampak pada kesejahteraan subjektif remaja.…”

From Lonely to Resilient through Humanoid Robots: Building a New Framework of Resilience

“…Systematic reviews of resilience interventions are scarce and mainly address youngsters [60]. However, factors enforcing resilience partly overlap with those countering loneliness: they include adaptive coping, optimism, hope, positive emotions, social support, community involvement, and autonomy [60], factors mentioned also in APA's Resilience Tool Kit.…”

“…However, factors enforcing resilience partly overlap with those countering loneliness: they include adaptive coping, optimism, hope, positive emotions, social support, community involvement, and autonomy [60], factors mentioned also in APA's Resilience Tool Kit. Most resilience interventions attempt to raise positive emotions through, for instance, education, therapy, group activities, screenings, and counseling [60] but none enhances resilience through technology, let alone social robots. Without much difficulty, robot technology can be personalized, a quality that is most wanted in resilience programs for older adults [60].…”

“…Most resilience interventions attempt to raise positive emotions through, for instance, education, therapy, group activities, screenings, and counseling [60] but none enhances resilience through technology, let alone social robots. Without much difficulty, robot technology can be personalized, a quality that is most wanted in resilience programs for older adults [60]. Systematic reviews of interventions for loneliness and isolation state that effectiveness can be hardly assessed because studies are not so well conducted [82].…”

“…. no longitudinal studies found to date have tracked changes in resilience over time among older adults" [60] but my approach may make this happen.…”