scholarly journals Adult Age Differences in Coping Strategies After the 2016 Flood

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 437-437
Author(s):  
Katie E Cherry ◽  
Matthew Calamia ◽  
Emily M Elliott ◽  
Quyen P Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Hurricanes Katrina And Rita ◽  
Age Range ◽  
South Louisiana

Abstract The 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had a devastating impact on south Louisiana, as did the more recent flooding in 2016. Multiple disaster exposures are associated with distress which may be lessened through adaptive coping behaviors, although prior disaster losses may affect current coping responses. In this study, we assessed self-reported coping strategies, resilience, and mental health outcomes after the 2016 flood. The sample was comprised of mostly middle-aged and older adults (N = 223, age range: 18-89 years). Three groups were compared: (1) non-flooded adults as controls, (2) once-flooded adults with structural damage to homes and property in 2016, and (3) twice-flooded adults who had relocated to Baton Rouge because of catastrophic losses in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and they experienced damage in the 2016 flood. Analyses of variance confirmed that the three groups differed in coping responses, with non-flooded controls using significantly fewer strategies than their once and twice flooded counterparts. Correlation analyses demonstrated that age was positively associated with adaptive forms of coping (acceptance, religiosity) and negatively correlated with maladaptive coping (self-blame). These data suggest that awareness of prior severe weather experiences and catastrophic losses, which are likely for older adults living in hurricane prone areas, are an important consideration for disaster planning and the development of age-sensitive interventions to mitigate adversity.

An Examination of Coping in Sport: Individual Trait Anxiety Differences and Situational Consistency

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Giacobbi ◽  
Robert S. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Individual Trait ◽  
High Trait ◽  
And Coping

The purposes of the present investigation were to examine the coping responses of different subgroups of athletes (e.g., high and low trait anxious athletes), and to assess the consistency of athlete’s coping behaviors across situations. Two-hundred and seventy-three athletes completed the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS) by Smith, Smoll, & Schutz (1990) and coping assessments in trait and state versions of the sport adapted COPE (MCOPE) by Crocker and Graham (1995). The state coping measures assessed coping responses of situations for which the athletes actually experienced. The results of three separate, doubly multivariate, repeated measures, MANOVA’s showed that high trait anxious athletes responded to stressful situations using different coping behaviors (e.g., denial, wishful thinking, and self-blame) than the low trait anxious athletes. In addition, coping appears to be more stable than situationally variable as Pearson correlational coefficients computed between the three measures ranged from 0.53 to 0.80. The results are discussed with regard to theoretical, research, and applied issues.

scholarly journals Age, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being after the 2016 Flood

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 856-857
Author(s):  
Katie Cherry ◽  
Piper Bordes ◽  
Matthew Calamia ◽  
Emily Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Hurricanes Katrina And Rita

Abstract In 2016, catastrophic flooding in south Louisiana claimed 13 lives with billions of dollars in damage to homes and communities in the decade after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the US Gulf Coast. In this study, we tested the inoculation hypothesis which predicts that older adults will be less distressed than younger adults due to their prior experience with severe weather events. Participants were 218 predominately middle-aged and older adults who varied in current and prior flood experience: less than half (40%) did not flood in 2016, 31% had flood damage, and 29% had relocated permanently inland after catastrophic losses in the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and they flooded again in 2016. Depression symptoms were assessed with the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Emotion regulation strategies were measured using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Form. Results indicated that the older adults had fewer symptoms of depression and were less likely to report self blame for flood-related adversities compared to younger adults. The two age groups did not differ significantly on the emotion regulation strategies of acceptance, reappraisal, positive refocusing, other blame, and perseveration. Age was inversely associated with symptoms of depression and the maladaptive strategies of self blame for flood-related misfortune and perseveration over losses. These data support the inoculation hypothesis and suggest that prior severe weather experiences, which are likely for older adults living in hurricane prone areas, are important for post-flood resilience. Implications of these findings for disaster planning and age-sensitive interventions to mitigate adversity are considered.

Talk or Walk? Gait Speed over Self-Report in Association with Cognitive Speed in Healthy Older Adults

GeroPsych ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Costello ◽  
Shane J. Sizemore ◽  
Kimberly E. O’Brien ◽  
Lydia K. Manning
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Subjective Report ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Cognitive Speed ◽  
Age Range

Abstract. This study explores the relative value of both subjectively reported cognitive speed and gait speed in association with objectively derived cognitive speed. It also explores how these factors are affected by psychological and physical well-being. A group of 90 cognitively healthy older adults ( M = 73.38, SD = 8.06 years, range = 60–89 years) were tested in a three-task cognitive battery to determine objective cognitive speed as well as measures of gait speed, well-being, and subjective cognitive speed. Analyses indicated that gait speed was associated with objective cognitive speed to a greater degree than was subjective report, the latter being more closely related to well-being than to objective cognitive speed. These results were largely invariant across the 30-year age range of our older adult sample.

scholarly journals Impact of Pain and Discomfort on the Lives of Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Informal Caregivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 786-787
Author(s):  
Hyunjin Noh
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Disease Trajectory ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Home Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Future Program

Abstract This qualitative study explored the impact of pain and discomfort on the lives of cognitively impaired older adults and their caregivers from the caregiver perspective. Forty-three individuals of age 19+, who identified themselves as primary caregiver to a chronically or seriously ill older adult (age 50+) with cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia, were recruited at various community settings. Individual, face-to-face interviews were conducted to ask participants how they thought their care-recipient’s pain and discomfort affected the care-recipient’s and the caregiver’s life respectively. Inductive, thematic analysis of interview transcripts revealed several key themes: compromised mobility, limited social interaction or activities, and depressive symptoms in both care-recipients and caregivers; aggravated cognitive decline in care-recipients; and poorer physical health in caregivers. Participants wanted more information on the disease trajectory and available services, particularly home-based therapies and social activities for care-recipients, which provides future program/practice implications.

scholarly journals Coping with migration-related stressors - a qualitative study of Nepali male labour migrants

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joelle Mak ◽  
Cathy Zimmerman ◽  
Bayard Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
International Labour Migration ◽  
Mixed Messages

Abstract Background International labour migration has become a crucial livelihood strategy, especially in countries where decently paid employment opportunities are limited. Such opportunities come with many potential benefits but also many stressors that challenge migrants’ coping skills, especially when they are in a foreign environment away from their normal support network. This paper explores how labour migrants coped with migration-related stressors using a sample of male Nepali migrants. Methods Qualitative life histories were conducted in Kathmandu among returnee male migrants. Coping responses were categorised based Skinner and Zimmer-Gembeck’s coping typologies. The interview scripts were transcribed in Nepali and translated into English for analysis. Each interview script was open coded and then categorised according to the 12 core coping families. Data were analysed thematically to explore relationships across and within coping and stressors. Results Forty-two men were interviewed who mainly worked in low- and semi-skilled jobs in Malaysia, and the Gulf States. The coping strategies most commonly used belonged to the families of problem-solving, support-seeking, negotiation and helplessness. Men used these either individually or collectively with other migrants. Those who sought assistance from authorities or civil society organisations did not always receive the help needed and there were mixed messages as to when and what types of assistance were available. Some stressors involved multiple coping strategies simultaneously, others described changing strategies following unsuccessful earlier attempts. The coping families of helplessness and social isolation reflected migrants’ limited power in challenging certain stressors. The choice of coping strategies was also moderated by factors such as outstanding loans, language difficulties, or not wanting to cause their family distress. Some coping strategies used led to  new stressors. Conclusions Migrants need greater clarifications on their rights with respect to contract discrepancies, the types of support available, how and from whom to access them once in destination. Improvements to the support mechanisms migrants can access as well as strengthening migrant-led initiatives in destination countries to support labour migrants' in managing stressors are needed. These may contribute to reducing the experiences and impact of such stressors, which may ultimately lead to more successful migration outcomes. As labour migration from Nepal is likely to continue, government and CSOs need to ensure migrants have the support they need to cope with the challenges they may encountered along the way.

scholarly journals Conscious and Non-Conscious Processes Regulate Minority Older Adults’ Sedentary Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 335-335
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Maher ◽  
Derek Hevel ◽  
Kourtney Sappenfield ◽  
Heidi Scheer ◽  
Christine Zecca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Black African ◽  
Affective Consequences ◽  
Introductory Session ◽  
Conscious Processes ◽  
Multilevel Linear Regression ◽  
Age Range

Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that sedentary behavior (SB), or time spent sitting, is regulated by both conscious (e.g., intentions) and non-conscious (e.g., habits) motivational processes. Much of the work investigating these processes has employed summary-based measures of typical motivation and behavior. This study employed ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods and accelerometry to determine the extent to which conscious and non-conscious processes regulate minority older adults’ momentary decisions to engage in SB. Over the course of the 8-day study, minority older adults (N=91; age range: 60-89 years, 96% Black/African American) answered 6 EMA questionnaires/day on a mobile phone and wore an ActivPAL activity monitor to measure SB. EMA questionnaires assessed momentary intentions to limit SB over the next two hours. SB habit strength was self-reported at an introductory session. Results from a multilevel linear regression model indicated that on occasions when individuals had stronger intentions than usual to limit SB, they subsequently engaged in less SB (b=-3.72, p<0.01). Individuals who had stronger SB habits, tended to engage in more SB (b=3.00, p<0.01). An additional multilevel model revealed that habits did not significantly moderate the association between momentary intentions and subsequent SB (b=-1.06, p=0.09). In conclusion, minority older adults’ momentary SB appears to be directly influenced by both conscious and non-conscious motivational processes, though the interactive effects are unclear. Interventions to reduce minority older adults’ SB should include content to increase intentions to limit SB (e.g., information on instrumental and affective consequences) and disrupt habitual SB (e.g., action planning).

scholarly journals Older Adults and Technology Use: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 823-823
Author(s):  
Hyung Wook Choi ◽  
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili ◽  
Mat Kelly ◽  
Alexander Poole ◽  
Erjia Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
Age Range

Abstract Researchers are increasingly interested in leveraging technology to support the physical and mental well-being of older adults. We systematically reviewed previous scholars’ criteria for sampling older adult populations, focusing on age cohorts (namely adults over 65) and their use of internet and smart technologies. We iteratively developed keyword combinations that represent older adults and technology from the retrieved literature. Between 2011 and 2020, 70 systematic reviews were identified, 26 of which met our inclusion criteria for full review. Most important, not one of the 26 papers used a sample population classification more fine-grained than “65 and older.” A knowledge gap thus exists; researchers lack a nuanced understanding of differences within this extraordinarily broad age-range. Demographics that we propose to analyze empirically include not only finer measures of age (e.g., 65-70 or 71-75, as opposed to “65 and older”), but also those age groups’ attitudes toward and capacity for technology use.

scholarly journals ONE-LEGGED STANCE BALANCE OF OLDER ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT FALLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S470-S470
Author(s):  
Edgar R Vieira ◽  
Márcio Oliveira ◽  
Andre Gil ◽  
Karen Fernandes ◽  
Denilson Teixeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Test Duration ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Eyes Open ◽  
Falls In Older Adults ◽  
Elliptical Area ◽  
Age Range

Abstract Balance impairment is a common problem among older adults. Poor balance in older adults is often associated with mobility impairments, activity limitations and fear of falling in older adults. Thus, balance assessment is useful for early detection of postural control deficits to prevent mobility impairments and falls in older adults. The aim of this study was to assess if balance measures based in center of pressure (COP) parameters during one-legged stance could differentiate between older adults with and without falls in the past 12 months. One-hundred and seventy older adults (50 fallers and 120 non-fallers, age range: 63-72 years) performed three 30s one-legged stance trials with eyes open on a force platform with 30s of rest between each trial. The following variables were evaluated: COP 95% elliptical area, COP velocity in the anterior-posterior and medio-lateral directions, and test duration (how long the participant was able to stay in one-legged stance, up to 30s). Fallers had poorer balance than non-fallers (P ≤0.004). The COP parameters presented an area under the curve between 0.65-0.72, with sensitivity varying from 66 to 78% and specificity from 54 to 68%. There were no significant differences between fallers and non-fallers on test duration (17 vs. 18s, respectively). The findings showed that the fallers had similar duration time, but poorer balance than the non-fallers during one-legged stance. The COP parameters were able to differentiate the balance between fallers and non-fallers with acceptable area under curve, sensitivity and specificity.

scholarly journals Coping strategies predicting quality of life in diabetic and obese NAFLD patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Funuyet-Salas ◽  
A Martín-Rodríguez ◽  
M A Pérez-San-Gregorio ◽  
M Romero-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Physical Component Summary ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Mental Component Summary ◽  
Active Coping ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Positive Reframing

Abstract Background To date, coping strategies have not been studied in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), despite evidence of their relevance in chronic liver pathology, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity (OB). We therefore analyzed which coping strategies predicted quality of life in diabetic and obese NAFLD patients. Methods Four hundred and ninety-two biopsy-proven NAFLD patients (290 men and 202 women, mean age 54.90±11.74) were evaluated using The Brief COPE, 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) and Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire-Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (CLDQ-NAFLD). A stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was performed on four groups (G1, n = 335, absence of T2DM; G2, n = 157, presence of T2DM; G3, n = 249, absence of OB; and G4, n = 243, presence of OB) to analyze which coping strategies predicted patient quality of life (physical component summary SF-12, mental component summary SF-12, and total CLDQ-NAFLD). Results In both diabetic and obese patients, active coping (T2DM, p = 0.003, β = 0.26; OB, p = 0.000, β = 0.33) and denial (T2DM, p = 0.027, β=-0.19; OB, p = 0.004, β=-0.18) predicted the physical component summary. Denial (T2DM, p = 0.000, β=-0.30; OB, p = 0.001, β=-0.19), positive reframing (T2DM, p = 0.000, β = 0.28; OB, p = 0.000, β = 0.29), self-blame (T2DM, p = 0.000, β=-0.24; OB, p = 0.000, β=-0.26) and self-distraction (T2DM, p = 0.033, β=-0.13; OB, p = 0.023, β=-0.11) predicted the mental component summary. Denial (T2DM, p = 0.000, β=-0.34; OB, p = 0.000, β=-0.31), positive reframing (T2DM, p = 0.000, β = 0.30; OB, p = 0.005, β = 0.15) and self-blame (T2DM, p = 0.000, β=-0.26; OB, p = 0.000, β=-0.28) also predicted the total CLDQ-NAFLD in both groups. Conclusions Active coping and positive reframing predicted better quality of life, while denial, self-blame and self-distraction predicted worse quality of life in diabetic and obese NAFLD patients, suggesting the inclusion of coping strategies in future multidisciplinary NAFLD treatments. Key messages Importance of coping strategies for NAFLD patients: active coping and positive reframing predicted better quality of life, while denial, self-blame and self-distraction predicted worse quality. This study shows the need to design multidisciplinary strategies for managing NAFLD and improving patient quality of life, in which intervention in coping strategies should be a major element.

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