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Analyzing adjustment to aging and subjective age from angolan and portuguese community-dwelling older adults' perspectives

dc.contributor.authorvon Humboldt, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorLeal, I.
dc.contributor.authorPimenta, Filipa
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-13T11:17:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-13T11:17:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractBackground: The aging experience influences the ways an aging individual self-adjusts to challenges in late adulthood in various cultural settings. This study aims at examining the indicators of adjustment to aging (AtA) and subjective age (SA), and at investigating the latent constructs that can work as major determinants in AtA and SA in an older Portuguese and Angolan community-dwelling population. Methods: Questionnaires were completed, specifically assessing participants’ sociodemographic and health-related information. Semi-interviews with 102 older adults aged between 75 and 99 years (mean ¼ 80.5, standard deviation ¼ 5.76) were conducted, focusing on AtA and SA. Data were subjected to content analysis. The correlational structure and latent constructs of indicators of AtA and SA were analyzed by a multiple correspondence analysis. Results: Outcomes from content analysis designated seven categories for AtA, which are “accomplishment and future projects,” “occupation and leisure,” “health and well-being,” “valorization of time and age,” “social support,” “stability and safety,” and “existential meaning and sense of limit”; and five emergent categories for SA, which are “in harmony,” “fearless,” “with concern,” “youthful,” and “satisfactory.” Social support was the most reported indicator of AtA (25.4%) and in harmony (22.3%) was indicated as the most frequent SA response. Adjustment and age was explained by a three-factor overall modeldintegrated, congruent, and concerned for Angolan participants; fulfilled, reconciliated, and driven were indicated as a best-fit model for the Portuguese elderly population. Conclusion: The findings presented in this paper emphasize the deepening of the concept of AtA in this population and its association with SA in an overall model.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Gerontology, 7(4), 209-215. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijge.2013.05.001pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijge.2013.05.001pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1873-9598
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5449
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationO BEM-ESTAR SUBJECTIVO E O AJUSTAMENTO AO PROCESSO DE ENVELHECIMENTO NO IDOSO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAgedpt_PT
dc.subjectCross-cultural comparisonpt_PT
dc.subjectPsychological adaptationpt_PT
dc.subjectSelf-reportpt_PT
dc.titleAnalyzing adjustment to aging and subjective age from angolan and portuguese community-dwelling older adults' perspectivespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleO BEM-ESTAR SUBJECTIVO E O AJUSTAMENTO AO PROCESSO DE ENVELHECIMENTO NO IDOSO
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//SFRH%2FBD%2F44544%2F2008/PT
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceTaiwanpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage215pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage209pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Gerontologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume7pt_PT
person.familyNamevon Humboldt
person.familyNameMaria Pereira Leal
person.familyNamePimenta
person.givenNameSofia
person.givenNameIsabel
person.givenNameFilipa
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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