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Psychological well-being among older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak: a comparative study of the young–old and the old–old adults
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | López, J. Perez-Rojo, G. Noriega, C. Carretero, I. Velasco, C. Martinez-Huertas, J. A. López-Frutos, P. Galarraga, L. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The COVID-19 outbreak could be considered as an uncontrollable stressful life event. Lockdown measures have provoked a disruption of daily life with a great impact over older adults’ health and well-being. Nevertheless, eudaimonic well‐being plays a protective role in confronting adverse circumstances, such as the COVID-19 situation. This study aims to assess the association between age and psychological well-being (personal growth and purpose in life). Young–old (60–70 years) and old–old (71–80 years) community-dwelling Spaniards (N = 878) completed a survey and reported on their sociodemographic characteristics and their levels of health, COVID-19 stress-related, appraisal, and personal resources. Old–old did not evidence poorer psychological well-being than young–old. Age has only a negative impact on personal growth. The results also suggest that the nature of the COVID-19 impact (except for the loss of a loved one) may not be as relevant for the older adults’ well-being as their appraisals and personal resources for managing COVID-related problems. In addition, these results suggest that some sociodemographic and health-related variables have an impact on older adults’ well-being. Thus, perceived-health, family functioning, resilience, gratitude, and acceptance had significant associations with both personal growth and purpose in life. Efforts to address older adults’ psychological well-being focusing on older adults’ personal resources should be considered. |
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| Ending Page | 1370 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 1365 |
| ISSN | 10416102 |
| e-ISSN | 1741203X |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1041610220000964 |
| Journal | International Psychogeriatrics |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Psychogeriatrics Personal Strengths |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Gerontology Clinical Psychology Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
