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Adjustment and age through the eyes of portuguese and english community dwelling older adults

dc.contributor.authorvon Humboldt, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorLeal, Isabel Pereira
dc.contributor.authorPimenta, Filipa
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-03T20:13:11Z
dc.date.available2012-10-03T20:13:11Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractTo analyze subjective age (SA) and the contributors to adjustment to aging (AtA) identified by older adults and to investigate the latent constructs that can work as major determinants in SA and AtA in an older population. Method: Measures were completed, using a variety of appropriate methods, including demographics and interviews. Complete data were available for 108 older adults aged between 75-99 years (M = 81.1; SD = 6.43). Data was subjected to content analysis. Representation of the associations and latent constructs were analyzed by a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). Results: The most prevalent response of the interviewed participants for contributors to AtA was ‘sense of limit and existential issues’ (20.2%). ‘With congruence’ (29.3%) was identified as the most frequent SA response. AtA and SA for Portuguese elderly were explained by a three-factor model: ‘integrated’, ‘involved’ and ‘youngat- heart’. A three-dimension model formed by ‘attentive’, ‘driven’ and ‘connected’ was indicated as a best-fit solution for English elderly. Conclusions: AtA is related to SA in older adults in both samples. The results presented in this paper stressed the under-developed potential of an adjustment and age overall model for this population.por
dc.identifier.citationStudies in Sociology of Science, 3 (3), 1-9por
dc.identifier.issn1923-0176
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1750
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherCanadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Culturespor
dc.subjectAdjustment to agingpor
dc.subjectEnglishpor
dc.subjectPortuguesepor
dc.subjectMultiple correspondence analysispor
dc.subjectCommunity-dwelling older adultspor
dc.subjectSubjective agepor
dc.titleAdjustment and age through the eyes of portuguese and english community dwelling older adultspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceQuebecpor
oaire.citation.endPage9por
oaire.citation.startPage1por
oaire.citation.titleStudies in Sociology of Sciencepor
oaire.citation.volume3por
person.familyNamePimenta
person.givenNameFilipa
person.identifier.ciencia-idBA16-EBB2-7C96
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8659-4393
person.identifier.ridH-4574-2011
person.identifier.scopus-author-id39762575900
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor
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