Multidomain trajectories of psychological functioning in old age: A longitudinal perspective on (uneven) successful aging.

Abstract Scholars of gerontology highlight the ways aging varies cross-culturally. Whereas North Americans tend to describe “successful aging” as the maintenance of social and physical independence, Latin Americans tend to view aging as a natural process of social transition. In this study, we conducted a content analysis of nine focus groups (N =101) and 20 interviews with Latino older adults in the Chicagoland area to examine how they characterize successful aging and view the health declines that accompany aging. We found that Latino older adults often used rhetoric associated with “successful aging,” which tended to emphasize the maintenance of independence and physical functioning. Even immigrant respondents employed this language, suggesting that descriptions of “good old age,” may be more culturally transferable than previously thought. At the same time, the cultural values of respeto and familismo also emerged. Regardless of the participant’s nativity status, centrality of family and the importance of respect represented constant sources of support. Still, adherence to these values came with considerable drawbacks for those intensely focused on self-sacrifice for the sake of their families. Taken together, “successful old age” was defined by the participants as one in which a person maintains physical independence in the context of an interdependent, kin-focused, social life. This paradoxical combination of valuing independence and familial interdependence produced a number of benefits and challenges for Latino adults as they transitioned into to older adulthood.

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Trajectories of Physical Function Decline and Psychological Functioning: The Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging (NuAge)

The Journals of Gerontology Series B ◽

10.1093/geronb/gbq085 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 66B (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. i82-i90 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

H. Payette ◽

N. R. Gueye ◽

P. Gaudreau ◽

J. A. Morais ◽

B. Shatenstein ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Physical Function ◽

Psychological Functioning ◽

Successful Aging

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Association of midlife body composition with old-age health-related quality of life, mortality, and reaching 90 years of age: a 32-year follow-up of a male cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ◽

10.1093/ajcn/nqaa230 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 112 (5) ◽

pp. 1287-1294

Author(s):

Satu K Jyväkorpi ◽

Annele Urtamo ◽

Mika Kivimäki ◽

Veikko Salomaa ◽

Timo E Strandberg

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Skeletal Muscle Mass ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Physical Health Problems ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

ABSTRACT Background Overweight and obesity increase the risk of morbidity and mortality. The relations between body composition at midlife, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in old age, and longevity are, however, less studied. Objectives We examined the association of midlife body composition with successful aging, defined as high HRQoL and reaching 90 y of age, during 32 y follow-up. Methods Participants were 1354 men from the Helsinki Businessmen Study, born 1919–1934. In 1985/1986 (mean age: 60 y) various health measurements were performed. Percentages of body fat (BF) and skeletal muscle mass (SM) were calculated using validated formulas (including waist and hip circumferences, weight, and age) and divided into quartiles. In 2000 and 2007 (mean ages: 74 and 80 y, respectively), HRQoL was assessed using RAND-36/Short Form-36 scales. Mortality was retrieved from registers through 2018, and longevity determined by calculating the proportion of participants reaching 90 y. Logistic regression was used to assess ORs with 95% CIs. Results Higher SM% at midlife in 1985/1986 was associated (P < 0.05) with higher scores in the RAND-36 scales of physical functioning, role limitations caused by physical health problems, vitality, social functioning, and general health in old age in 2000. In 2007 only the association with physical domain (physical functioning, role limitations caused by physical health problems) remained statistically significant (P < 0.01). BF% quartiles in 1985/1986 were inversely associated with several RAND-36 scales in 2000 and 2007. During the 32-y follow-up, 982 participants died and 281 reached 90 y of age. Being in the highest SM% quartile at midlife increased (adjusted OR: 2.32; 95% CI: 1.53, 3.53; lowest SM% quartile as reference) and being in the highest BF% quartile decreased (OR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.28, 0.66; lowest BF% quartile as reference) the odds of reaching 90 y. Conclusions Desirable body composition in terms of both fat and skeletal muscle mass at midlife was associated with successful aging in men. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02526082.

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Animation and Affirmative Aging in Ignacio Ferreras’s Arrugas

Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos ◽

10.18192/rceh.v44i2.6132 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 437-462

Author(s):

Jennifer Nagtegaal

Keyword(s):

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Later Life ◽

Ongoing Debate

This paper enters the ongoing debate on the portrayal of old age in Ignacio Ferreras’s animated feature Arrugas (Spain, 2011). My approach to a new understanding of Ferreras’s film is two-fold: first, I engage with the often-overlooked animation to ask how it too contributes to the cinematic vision of later life; second, I aim to liberate Arrugas from the predominant binary discourses of successful aging/aging-as-decline often employed to understand the film. Drawing on theories of animation and aging, I highlight how Arrugas reflects later life as more complex, a notion central to Linn Sandberg’s theory of affirmative old age.

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Coping Strategies of the Elderly. Mental Health Intervention Among Old People, Who Live Alone

Erdélyi Társadalom ◽

10.17177/77171.240 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 37-60

Author(s):

Szende-Karolina György

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Life Story ◽

The Elderly ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Story Work

This study provides insight into the intervention results of my dissertation. The main topic of the dissertation is the mental health care for older people, especially in coping and in maintaining their mental health. Right at the start, I briefly present the literature review of the topic: I write about the concept of mental hygiene, aspects of successful aging, coping strategies, tasks of the old age and the role of a mental health professional in their life. In the intervention section, I shortly summarize the conversations with three elderly people, in the end I describe the results, my own experiences, opinion and draw conclusions. Keywords: old age, coping, resources, life story work, mental health care

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A JOURNEY TO YOUTH IN OLD AGE: AN INTRINSIC CASE OF SUCCESSFUL AGING

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/11398 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (7) ◽

pp. 1286-1299

Author(s):

Janet Presnilla-Espada ◽

Keyword(s):

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging

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Socio-psychological adaptation in later age and conditions of successful aging

Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology ◽

10.17759/jmfp.2017060306 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 53-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N.V. Dvoryanchikov ◽

E.V. Sokolinskaya

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Gender Identity ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Closed Loop ◽

Psychological Adaptation ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Elderly Age ◽

Family Obligations

The article deals with the aspects of social and psychological adaptation in elderly and senile age and analyses the conditions for successful aging. The authors assume that people in elderly age have significant individual characteristics and, as a consequence, research results are often contradictory. It is shown that the socio-psychological adaptation in elderly patients is determined by individual psychological qualities, by specificity of their identity, by strategies of their adaptation to old age. This may be the strategy of the "closed loop" type, that is maintenance of self as an individual, or an alternative strategy, maintaining self as a personality. It was noted that adaptation to old age was flying differently in women and men, which may be due to gender differences in lifestyle, the strongest identification of some men with occupational roles, and of women with homework and family obligations. It is shown that successful aging contributes to the formation of androgynous type of gender identity, which provides flexibility in respond to different situations.

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HUBUNGAN ANTARA DUKUNGAN SOSIAL KELUARGA DENGAN SUCCESSFUL AGING PADA LANSIA DI RW 06 DESA BULU KECAMATAN AGROMULYO SALATIGA

PSIKOLOGI KONSELING ◽

10.24114/konseling.v16i1.19148 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Wayan Nandia Sari ◽

Christiana Hari Soetjiningsih

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Old Age ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Data Use ◽

The Elderly ◽

Family Social Support

This study aims to determine whether or not there is a relationship between family social support and successful aging in the elderly. Successful aging is meant to achieve success in old age with one of the factors being family social support. The subjects of this study were elderly aged between 60-85 years in RW 06 Desa Bulu kec. Argomulyo Salatiga. Data use taken quantitative method with a sample model of saturated and sampling nonprobability sampling. Based on the results of the study the results of correlation coefficient (r) = 0.042; p <0.05 with the influence of social support on successful aging at 4.8% and 95.2% influenced by other factors. The researcher concluded that there was a positive relationship between social support and successful aging in the elderly in RW 06 Desa Bulu Kec. Argomulyo Salatiga. Keywords: Family Social Support; Successful aging

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