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Persistence in goal striving and positive reappraisal as psychosocial resources for ageing well
— a dyadic analysis | | Author(s) | Tim D Windsor |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 13, no 6, November 2009 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, November 2009 |
| Pages | pp 874-884 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Married couples ; Good Health ; Well being ; Adjustment ; Competence ; Correlation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Associations of both individuals' and their spouses' tendencies toward persistence in goal striving (an index of primary control) and positive reappraisal (an index of accommodation) with individuals' characteristics of successful ageing (physical and mental health, life satisfaction and social networks/engagement) were examined in midlife and older spousal dyads. 120 spousal dyads (240 individuals) from the Australian Ageing Well Together Study completed a postal questionnaire concerned with psychosocial correlates of mental health and well-being in older adulthood. Results indicated that 40%-60% of the variance in successful ageing outcomes occurred between dyads. Individuals' tendencies toward positive reappraisal were positively related to physical and mental health and life satisfaction. Positive reappraisal was also related to more extensive social networks with friends and greater social engagement, but only among younger participants. Individuals' persistence in goal striving was associated with better mental health but was not related to the other indices of ageing well, while spouses' goal persistence and reappraisal tendencies were not related to individuals' ageing well outcomes. The findings indicate a substantial degree of interdependence among spouses in the extent to which they are ageing well, and highlight the adaptive value of positive reappraisal as a coping strategy used in response to loss of primary control in later life. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100210225 A |
| Classmark | SM: CD: D:F:5HH: DR: DPB: 49: 7YA |
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