Creative Aging

2017 ◽  
pp. 50-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kristina Keyser ◽  
Michael Corning
Keyword(s):  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Developmental Theories ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intelligence Theories ◽  
Creative Aging

This chapter introduces the Developmental and Intelligence Theories of middle and late adulthood and relates them to the complex construct of creativity. Analyses of these theories in regard to middle adulthood assess why an individual may be the most immersed in creativity during this period of life. This is followed by a conclusive examination of ways in which to stimulate creativity in the later years, primarily through looking at the relation between developmental theories and the impact of a cognitively rich environment. These two periods of the lifespan encompass a majority of the average adult's existence in this world, and as such provide a framework upon which the necessity of stimulating creativity must be examined.

scholarly journals Role of SES on the association between childhood parental death and adulthood suicidal ideation: a mediation analysis using longitudinal dataset in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaehong Yoon ◽  
Ja Young Kim ◽  
Ji-Hwan Kim ◽  
Seung-Sup Kim
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Parental Death ◽  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Direct Association

Abstract Background We sought to examine the association between childhood experience of parental death (CEPD) and adulthood suicidal ideation, and the mediating role of adulthood SES in the association. Methods We analyzed a nationally representative dataset of 8609 adults from the Korea Welfare Panel Study, which is a longitudinal cohort dataset in South Korea. CEPD was measured using a question: “During your childhood (0-17 years old), have you experienced the death of parents?” We classified responses of CEPD during 2006–2011 into ‘yes,’ and the others into ‘no.’ Suicidal ideation over the past year was assessed annually during 2012–2019. As a potential mediator, adulthood educational attainment and household income in 2011 were included in the analysis. Logistic regression was applied to examine the association of CEPD with adulthood suicidal ideation across age groups (early adulthood, 19–39 years old; middle adulthood, 40–59 years old; late adulthood, ≥60 years old), after excluding people who reported lifetime suicidal ideation in 2011. Causal mediation analysis using a parametric regression model was applied to examine the mediating role of adulthood SES in the association between CEPD and adulthood suicidal ideation. Results After adjusting for potential confounders including childhood SES, CEPD was significantly associated with adulthood suicidal ideation among the late adulthood group (OR: 1.43; 95% CI: 1.13–1.81), while the association was not statistically significant among the early; and middle adulthood groups. In mediation analysis of adulthood household income, both indirect association (ORNIE: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.02–1.09) and direct association (ORNDE: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.09–1.73) were statistically significant among the late adulthood group. In the mediation analysis of adulthood education attainment among the late adulthood, only a direct association was statistically significant (ORNDE: 1.43; 95% CI: 1.14–1.80). Conclusions These results suggest that CEPD could be a risk factor for adulthood suicidal ideation. Furthermore, the findings imply that income security policy might be necessary to reduce suicide among the late adulthood group.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Discrimination and Filial Caregivers’ Age on Aspects of Physical Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 360-360
Author(s):  
Barbara Hodgdon ◽  
Jen Wong
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Filial caregivers (e.g., individuals caring for a parent or parent-in-law) are a part of the growing number of family caregivers in midlife and late adulthood. The responsibilities that filial caregivers navigate in midlife and late adulthood may expose them to multiple types of discrimination that may decrease their physical health, though this relationship has been understudied. As numbers of family caregivers grow, it is important to examine the potential vulnerability of younger and older filial caregivers’ physical health in the context of discrimination. Informed by the life course perspective, this study compares the physical health of younger (aged 34-64) and older (aged 64-74) filial caregivers who experience discrimination. Filial caregivers (N=270; Mage=53; SD=9.37) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS-II) Survey reported on demographics, family caregiving, daily discrimination, self-rated physical health, and chronic conditions via questionnaires and phone interviews. Regression analyses showed no differences between younger and older adults’ self-rated physical health or average chronic conditions. However, moderation analyses revealed that younger filial caregivers who experienced greater discrimination reported poorer self-rated physical health than their older counter parts as well as younger and older filial caregivers who experienced less discrimination. Additionally, younger caregivers with greater discrimination exposure exhibited more number of chronic conditions as compared to other caregivers. The study results highlight the impact of the intersection between filial caregivers’ age and discrimination on physical health. Findings have the potential to inform programs that could promote the health of filial caregivers in the face of discrimination.

Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Parham
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Cross Model ◽  
Black Person ◽  
Racial Identity Attitudes ◽  
Identity Attitudes ◽  
Life Cycle Process

This article is an attempt to expand the descriptive characteristics of the Cross model by discussing a theory of psychological Nigrescence that hypothesizes the changes in racial identity that a Black person can experience at various points in the life-cycle process. In this discussion, I will attempt to describe how various stages of racial identity are manifest at three periods of life: late adolescence/early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. I will conclude with a discussion of the implications for counseling Blacks who display varying degrees of racial identity attitudes.

scholarly journals PREDICTORS OF MIDDLE AGED WOMEN`S PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING: ATTITUDES TOWARD PARENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana L. Krukova ◽  
Maria V. Saporovskaia ◽  
Maria E. Voronina
Keyword(s):  
Middle Age ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Developmental Theories

The analysis of developmental theories of well-being in middle adulthood, concerning women is presented in the paper. The research is based on  Ryff`s (1996) conception relating <em>psychological well-being</em> to eudemonic lifestyle as most confirmed. Empirical results reveal how middle aged women`s attitudes toward parents impact on their psychological well-being through 4 basic adult attachment types. Special focus is made on correlations of emotional autonomy from parents, guilt and well-being. The guilt of responsibility is enhanced in middle age, being a mechanism motivating a woman to realize the eudemonic lifestyle (self-realization through care, first of all for aging parents and growing up children).

scholarly journals The Relationship with the Father and the Emotional Functioning of Women in Adulthood

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-82
Author(s):  
Katarzyna D. Szudy ◽  
Małgorzata M. Puchalska-Wasyl
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Adult Daughters ◽  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Retrospective Evaluation ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Retrospective Assessment ◽  
The Relationship

Some studies, conducted also in Poland, show that the influence of fathers’ behavior on their daughters extends beyond childhood. For example, fathers’ parental attitudes assessed retrospectively (such as demands, inconsistency, lack of acceptance, and lack of autonomy) are associated with different mental disorders experienced by their adult daughters. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the retrospective evaluation of the relationship with the father explains the emotional functioning of women in early and middle adulthood. The participants were 180 women aged between 20 and 53. We used the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Questionnaire of Retrospective Assessment of Parental Attitudes, and the Trait Personality Inventory. Our findings support a link between the relationship with the father and the emotional functioning of women. In future it would be advisable to broaden the scope of the study by including groups of daughters in adolescence and in late adulthood or women with various problems.

IC-01-02: AMYLOID ACCUMULATION IN EARLY AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. P1-P1
Author(s):  
Michelle E. Farrell ◽  
Gerard Nisal Bischof ◽  
Kristen M. Kennedy ◽  
Karen M. Rodrigue ◽  
Michael Devous ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Middle Adulthood ◽  
Amyloid Accumulation ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals ‘I was exhausted trying to figure it out’: The experiences of females receiving an autism diagnosis in middle to late adulthood

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Leedham ◽  
Andrew R Thompson ◽  
Richard Smith ◽  
Megan Freeth
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Self ◽  
Autism Spectrum Condition ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Spectrum Condition ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
The Impact

Females often receive autism spectrum condition diagnoses later than males, leaving needs misunderstood. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of female adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition in middle to late adulthood. Eleven autistic females diagnosed over the age of 40 years completed semi-structured interviews, analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Four superordinate themes emerged: A hidden condition (pretending to be normal and fitting in; mental health and mislabelling), The process of acceptance (initial reactions and search for understanding; re-living life through a new lens), The impact of others post-diagnosis (initial reactions; stereotyped assumptions), and A new identity on the autism spectrum (negotiating relationships, connections and community; changing well-being and views of the self; the meaning of diagnosis). Findings highlight several factors not previously identified that affect late diagnosis in females, including widespread limited understandings of others. Diagnosis was experienced by several participants as facilitating transition from being self-critical to self-compassionate, coupled with an increased sense of agency. Participants experienced a change in identity that enabled greater acceptance and understanding of the self. However, this was painful to adjust to at such a late stage.

scholarly journals The toxic stress and its impact on development in the Shonkoff’s Ecobiodevelopmental Theorical approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marília Souza Silva BRANCO ◽  
Maria Beatriz Martins LINHARES
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stress System ◽  
Toxic Stress ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Developmental Theories ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Qualitative Changes

Abstract Development is characterized by quantitative and qualitative changes that occur in a predetermined sequence. However, development could be affected by adversities, which change its typical course. The present study aimed to carry out a review of the concept of toxic stress, used in the Shonkoff’s Ecobiodevelopmental Theory, and to analyze its impact on human development. A search was conducted in the PubMed database, which yielded 12 conceptual articles from 2000 to 2013. The results were categorized into themes. The theory proposed by Shonkoff aims to elucidate the impact of stress on child development, based on other developmental theories. Toxic stress pertains to the prolonged activation of the body as a response to the stress system that can provoke neurobiological and psychological damages. The interventions proposed in the reviewed studies were effective in minimizing the negative effects of this type of stress, as well as in providing support to the caregivers of children.

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