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| What matters for life satisfaction in the oldest-old? | | Author(s) | A I Berg, L B Hassing, G E McClearn |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 3, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 257-264 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Life satisfaction ; Octogenarians ; Twins ; Evaluation ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Factors associated with life satisfaction in the oldest old and a range of psychosocial and health related variables were examined. Scores on the Life Satisfaction Index - Z (LSI-Z) were related to scales and questions regarding demographics, depression, locus of control, cognitive function, functional capacity (instrumental and personal activities of daily living - ADLs), self-rated overall health and medically based health, and social network. The sample was 315 people aged 80-98 (mean 83 years, 66% women) without dementia from the Origins of Variance in the Old-Old, OCTO-Twin Study in Sweden. Regression analyses indicated that social network quality, self-rated overall health, sense of being in control of one's life, and depressive symptoms were significantly associated with life satisfaction. There was no gender difference in overall life satisfaction. However, there were different patterns of variables associated with life satisfaction in men and women. Self-rated overall health and depressive symptoms were related to life satisfaction in women, whereas widowhood was significantly associated with lower life satisfaction among men. The results emphasise the need to analysed associations of life satisfaction within a broader context of psychosocial variables and separately for men and women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061027003 A |
| Classmark | F:5HH: BBM: SVR: 4C: 76P |
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