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Individual and social resources predicting well-being and functioning in later years
— conceptual models, research and practice | | Author(s) | Peter Martin |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 27, no 2, Spring 2002 |
| Pages | pp 3-29 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Young elderly ; Octogenarians ; Centenarians ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | With increasing age, older people need to draw on their individual and socio-economic resources to adapt to challenges in daily life. A resource model of developmental adaptation is proposed as a conceptual guide for studies emphasising the importance of psychosocial resources as mediators and moderators of adjustment. The present study uses data from the Georgia Centenarian Study which evaluates resources and adaptations for three age groups: 91 sexagenarians; 92 octogenarians; and 137 centenarians. Empirical evidence supporting the resource model of developmental adaptation based on the Study's findings suggests that cumulative adverse events drain socioeconomic resources and increase levels of anxiety. Socio-economic resources exert a stronger effect on mental and functional health than individual resources. Finally, cumulative events predict functional health only for anxious individuals and those with extreme levels of support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020905205 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: C4: CA: F: BBA: BBM: BBT: 4C: 7T |
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