scholarly journals The health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness of late middle-aged adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-401
Author(s):  
Hae Kyung Chang
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Aging Anxiety ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness and to investigate the main factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults.Methods: The study collected data from a total of 153 middle-aged men and women aged 50 to 64 years old from a consumer panel of Macromill-Embrain, the biggest online survey provider in Korea. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and a stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS 22.0 program.Results: The subjects’ happiness mean score was 16.17±9.29. Statistically significant differences in happiness were found according to education (F=4.38, p=.014), economic status (t=5.13, p<.001), and religion (t=2.18, p=.031). Happiness was correlated significantly with health status (r=.41, p<.001), aging anxiety (r=-.62, p<.001), family support (r=.43, p<.001), friend support (r=.36, p<.001) and generativity (r=.63, p<.001). The factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults were generativity (β=.37, p<.001), aging anxiety (β=-.35, p<.001), family support (β=.20, p<.001), and economic status (β=.13, p=.033). The explanatory power of the model was 58.0%.Conclusion: This study will be used as basic data when developing a nursing intervention program for successful aging by identifying factors that affect the happiness of late middle-aged adults.

Social participation and self-reported health in China: evidence from Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
MA. Xinxin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Health Effect ◽  
Random Effects Model ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

PurposeSocial participation (SP) has been shown to have a favorable impact on health status, particularly among elders in developed countries. However, empirical study is scarce for China. This study explores the relation between social participation (SP) and health status among middle-aged adults and elders in China when controlled socioeconomic characteristics of individuals.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs an empirical study based on the data from a three-wave national longitudinal survey: the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011, 2013 to 2015. It collects data from 28,895 individuals aged 45–84. It uses lagged variable method (LV) to address the reverse causality problem, and the random-effects model or fixed-effect model to address the heterogeneity problem.FindingsThe paper finds the social participation positively affect self-reported health statistically. The influence of social participation on self-reported health flows through two channels: the improved mental health effect (SP-MH-SRH channel) and the increased income effect (SP-income-SRH channel). In comparison with the SAP-income-SRH channel, the influence of the SP-MH-SRH channel l is greater.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, the absence of other measures of volunteering, such as hours of social participation that are not available in the employed dataset. Second, even though the LV model and FE model are used in the paper, there may remain the endogeneity problem in the results. Third, the influences of formal and informal social participation should be distinguished in the future research.Social implicationsSocial participation may improve the self-reported health status. The influence of SP on health may be due to the improved mental health effect (SP-MH-SRH channel). In order to improve the mental and physical health status of middle-aged adults and elders the government should consider even more promotion of social participation.Originality/valueFirst, this paper focuses on the correlation between social participation and well-being (self-reported health) of middle-aged adults and elderly in China, the previous studies on the issue for China are scarce. Second, this paper uses the lagged variable method (LV) to address the reverse causal relation problem, and the fixed-effects model or the random-effects model to address the heterogeneity problem. Third, the two channels (the improved mental health effect and the increased income effect) are firstly investigated in this study.

scholarly journals Health behaviors and health status of Korean middleaged men by marital status: Korea Community Health Study, 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. e2019019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongho Jee ◽  
Youngtae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown that marital status is associated with household composition and living arrangements, which partially explain observed differences in health status according to marital status. However, due to the rapid socioeconomic and demographic transformations of the last few decades, the distribution of marital status among middle-aged adults has become more diverse. Therefore, this study aimed to obtain up-to-date information on the associations between marital status and health and to investigate the implications of these findings for conventional explanations of the health effects of marriage.METHODS: The data for this study were obtained from the 2015 Korean Community Health Study. We compared 4 modifiable lifestyle behaviors—smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and self-rated health status—as outcome variables in association with marital status in Korean middle-aged men (age 40-44) living in Seoul and other regions.RESULTS: Married men showed the lowest cigarette smoking prevalence and the highest subjective health status both before and after adjusting for education and income. The odds of engaging in vigorous physical activity did not show a major difference before and after adjustment for income and education.CONCLUSIONS: In married men, the prevalence of cigarette smoking was lowest and subjective health status was highest, similar to previous studies. However, the prevalence of engaging in physical activity was highest in divorced/widowed/separated men. The health behaviors and health status of Korean middle-aged adults should be more closely followed, since they are representative of demographic changes in the Korean population.

scholarly journals The Role of Aging Anxiety, Ageism, and Health Locus of Control on Middle-Aged Adults Health Outcomes and Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 607-607
Author(s):  
Hannah Bashian ◽  
Grace Caskie
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Aging Anxiety ◽  
Middle Aged Adults ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Abstract Older adults with more ageist attitudes and aging anxiety and who endorse an external health locus of control (HLOC) have poorer mental and physical health and less engagement in healthy behaviors than those who report less ageist attitudes, aging anxiety, and endorse an internal HLOC. However, middle-aged adults have not been examined in this literature. Using Terror Management Theory as a framework, this study examined the relationship of middle-aged adults’ aging anxiety, ageist attitudes, and HLOC with health behaviors and mental and physical health outcomes. 391 middle-aged participants (40-55 years) completed measures of ageist attitudes, aging anxiety, HLOC (Internal, External, and Powerful Other), engagement in health behaviors, mental health, and physical health. The path analysis model demonstrated acceptable fit, χ2(2)=7.794, p=.02, CFI=.99, TLI=.92, RMSEA=.09). For health behaviors, eight of the 10 paths were significant; higher aging anxiety, higher ageist attitudes, and less endorsement of internal HLOC were related to less engagement in healthy behaviors. For mental health and physical health, five of the 10 paths were significant; in general, higher aging anxiety, higher ageist attitudes, and less endorsement of internal HLOC were related to poorer mental and physical health. This study demonstrated that middle-aged adults’ aging anxiety, ageist attitudes, and health locus of control are related to their health behaviors and mental and physical health. Furthermore, higher endorsement of specific forms of ageist attitudes and aging anxiety were related to worse reported mental and physical health and to less engagement in health behaviors. Implications of these findings will be discussed.

Factors Influencing Perceived Oral Health of Japanese Middle-Aged Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. NP2296-NP2304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Ueno ◽  
Takashi Zaitsu ◽  
Satoko Ohara ◽  
Clive Wright ◽  
Yoko Kawaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

scholarly journals COGNITIVE HEALTH STATUS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES AND EMOTIONS TOWARD OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S456-S456
Author(s):  
Grace Caskie ◽  
Abigail R Voelkner ◽  
Hannah M Bashian
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Cognitive Health ◽  
Participant Gender ◽  
Emotional Distance ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Aging Anxiety ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

Abstract The health and gender of older adults can elicit differing attitudes and emotions within young and middle-aged adults (Bergman & Bodner, 2015); one’s own gender may also influence these differences (Bergman & Cohen-Fridel, 2012). In this study, 287 participants (173 males, 114 females), aged 19-55 years (M=32.8), were randomly assigned to read one description of an older adult that varied cognitive health status (healthy/Alzheimer’s) and gender (male/female). Factorial MANOVAs examined differences by gender, health, and participant gender for participants’ (a) emotions about the older adult (compassion and emotional distance) and (b) negative perceptions about aging (ageist attitudes and aging anxiety). The first MANOVA found a significant main effect for health status; participants expressed more compassion (p=.013) and less emotional distance (p&lt;.001) for the older adult with Alzheimer’s than for the healthy older adult. Also, the Target Gender X Participant Gender interaction was significant for emotional distance (p=.032), but not for compassion (p=.616); men reported more emotional distance than women for the female older adult, regardless of target health status, but men and women’s emotional distance were very similar for the male older adult. The second MANOVA showed only a significant health status main effect; ageist attitudes (p=.021), but not aging anxiety (p=.062), differed by health status of the older adult, with more ageist attitudes expressed for the healthy older adult than the older adult with Alzheimer’s. Overall, these results show that individual factors can influence young and middle-aged adults’ negative attitudes and emotions towards older adults. Implications will be discussed.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Depression: Comparison according to Economic Status

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-235
Author(s):  
Myoungjin Kwon ◽  
Kawoun Seo
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Economic Level

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare factors influencing depression in elderly women according to economic status.Methods: The data were obtained from the 6th and 7th KNHNES. Data for 1,814 elderly women were included. Variables related to general, physical and psychological characteristics were selected.Results: The results of the study were as follows. 1) In elderly women, factors influencing depression were found to be: higher economic level, older age, myocardial or angina pectoris, diabetes, dietary status, drinking more than one drink at a time, higher stress level, marital status and home ownership. 2) In elderly women with a moderate economic level, economic activity, stress level, subjective health status, frequency of drinking, and chewing problems were the major factors contributing factors to depression. 3) In elderly women with a lower economic level, level of educational, physical discomfort for two weeks, hypertension subjective body shape, subjective health status, frequency of drinking, amount drank at one time, number of household members, dietary condition, home ownership, body mass index, chewing problems and frequency of breakfast, lunch and dinner per week were the variables influencing depression.Conclusion: The results of this study show that factors influencing depression are different according to the economic status of elderly women. In order to prevent depression in elderly women, it is necessary to establish different strategies according to their economic status.

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