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Resilience of community-dwelling older persons
Author(s)	Susan E Hardy, John Concato, Thomas M Gill
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 2, February 2004
Pages	pp 257-262
Source	http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Keywords	Living in the community ; Mental health [elderly] ; Stress ; Adjustment ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Data for this study relate to 546 non-disabled people aged 70+ who had experienced a stressful life event and were recruited to the Participating Events Project (PEP) carried out in the New Haven, Connecticut area. The aim was to assess their resilience to a stressful life event, for which the resilience module of the Asset and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) study was used. Participants showed a wide range of resilience in response to a stressful event. In bivariate analysis, male sex, living with others, high grip strength, independence in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), having few depressive symptoms, and having good to excellent self-rated health were associated with high resilience. While functional and psychosocial factors were found to be associated with high resilience, further research is needed to determine the relationship between resilience and future well-being. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040603206 A
Classmark	K4: D: QNH: DR: 3KB: 7T
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