Abstract:
:Background and objectives: We explore the internal and external resources that older adults use to negotiate adversity and related to later life. We investigated the experiences older adults had with adversity and explored the factors that promote and protect resilience and the how these factors shaped the process of managing adversity related to aging.Research design and methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 64 resilient adults ranging in age from 53 to 94 years of age, with an average of 71. Participants were defined as resilient on the basis of their willingness to identify as such. Grounded Theory coding techniques were applied to identify themes reflecting distinct ways in which participants dealt with what they indicated were the most significant hardships and adversities in their lives.Results: What emerged from the narratives about resilience and adversity were accounts of expressions of resilience that reflected the importance in having a resilient identity. Three major themes reflecting psychological and behavioral factors were derived from the data: 1. having vital components of resilience, or behaviors and beliefs in place, that encompass resilience as a way of being; 2. a broad but articulate set of strategies that participants actively engaged with to manage adversity, and 3. a set of protective practices used to prevent risk and prevail in the face of hardship.Discussion and implications: Findings suggest that dealing with adversity in later life requires the use of substantial internal and external resources in what can characterized as a proactive fashion. The results are presented as an interpretation of the participants' perceptions of their resilience and the role it plays in self-concept, strategic planning, and proactive practices. Implications for helping to put resilience into everyday practice are considered.
journal_name
Aging Ment Healthjournal_title
Aging & mental healthauthors
Manning LK,Bouchard Ldoi
10.1080/13607863.2019.1594162subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-01 00:00:00pages
1108-1115issue
7eissn
1360-7863issn
1364-6915journal_volume
24pub_type
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860600638388
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860802224268
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1619167
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/713649997
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1080/13607863.2019.1584787
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860410001649572
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.805398
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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