Changes in Perceptions of Successful Aging of Middle-aged Women Who Participated in the Aging Preparation Education

The purpose of this study is to identify the types of perception of successful aging in middle-aged men and to analyze and describe the characteristics of each type of successful aging perception of middle-aged men in South Korea. This study uses an exploratory study design, applying the Q methodology, which is a subjective research method. The participants were 25 middle-aged men (40 to 60 years old) living in C, Y, and B cities, which were P-samples that were judged to best reveal the successful aging of middle-aged men. In this study, principal component analysis of the PQ method program was used. The five perception types of successful aging among middle-aged men are Type 1 for the “leisure type”, Type 2 for the “mature type”, Type 3 for the “health-oriented type”, Type 4 for the “patriarchal type”, and Type 5 for the “family-centered type”. The mature type had the highest variance among the five types, and the leisure type was the type that showed the second-highest variance. In nursing practice, nurses need to pay attention to the successful aging perceptions of middle-aged Korean men for their successful aging in the future.

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Effects of subjective successful aging on emotional and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Geriatrics ◽

10.1186/s12877-021-02076-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dannii Y. Yeung ◽

Edwin K. H. Chung ◽

Alfred H. K. Lam ◽

Alvin K. K. Ho

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Adult Development ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Beneficial Effects ◽

Longitudinal Effects ◽

Development And Aging ◽

And Coping

Abstract Background Middle-aged and older adults are more vulnerable to hospitalization and mortality if they are infected with the COVID-19 virus. The present study investigates the longitudinal effects of subjective successful aging on middle-aged and older adults’ emotional and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and explores an underlying mechanism through perceived time limitation during the pandemic. Methods A sample of 311 Hong Kong Chinese middle-aged and older adults (Mage = 64.58, SD = 10.14, Range = 45–90 years) were recruited from an Adult Development and Aging Project and participated in a questionnaire study via an online platform or phone interview. Their levels of subjective successful aging, perceived time limitation, and emotional and coping responses to the pandemic were measured. Results The respondents who perceived themselves as more successful in aging process reported more positive and fewer negative emotions compared with their counterparts with lower levels of subjective successful aging. The mediation analysis showed that perceived time limitation could partially account for the effects of subjective successful aging on emotional and coping responses. Conclusions Findings of this study unveil the beneficial effects of subjective views of successful aging on emotional and coping responses to the pandemic through alleviating their perception of time limitation.

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Older Parents’ and Middle-Aged Children’s Communication as Predictors of Children’s Successful Aging

Journal of Language and Social Psychology ◽

10.1177/0261927x18815929 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 305-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Quinten S. Bernhold

Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Aging Process ◽

Family Members ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Older Parents ◽

Subjective Perceptions ◽

Age Related ◽

Language And Communication

The communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA) examines how people’s language and communication surrounding the aging process (e.g., making age-related excuses) predicts successful aging. Using the CEMSA, this study examined how middle-aged U.S. American children’s and their parents’ age-related communication predicts children’s subjective perceptions of their own successful aging, via children’s aging efficacy. Three communication profiles emerged for children and their parents, namely engaged, bantering, and disengaged agers. Path analysis revealed that parents’ age-related communication predicted children’s successful aging, via children’s aging efficacy. Relative to children with disengaged parents, children with bantering parents were more likely to be efficacious with respect to their aging, which in turn positively predicted successful aging. The language and communication people observe from older family members may be consequential in shaping their aging trajectories for the better or worse.

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