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Correlates of resilience of older people in times of crisis
ALBERT, Isabelle; Hoffmann, Martine; MURDOCK, Elke et al.
2021In Innovation in Aging, 5 (S 1), p. 723
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Keywords :
corona pandemic; older people; Luxembourg; resilience; longitudinal; life satisfaction
Abstract :
[en] Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, efforts have been made to shield older adults from exposure to the virus due to an age-related higher risk for severe health outcomes. While a reduction of in-person contacts was necessary in particular during the first months of the pandemic, concerns about the immediate and longer-term secondary effects of these measures on subjective well-being were raised. In the present study, we focused on self-reported resilience of older people in a longitudinal design to examine risk and protective factors in dealing with the restrictions. Data from independently living people aged 60+ in Luxembourg were collected via a telephone/online survey after the first lockdown in June (N = 611) and September/October 2020 (N = 523), just before the second pandemic wave made restrictions necessary again. Overall, results showed an increase in life-satisfaction from T1 to T2, although life-satisfaction was still rated slightly lower than before the crisis. Also, about a fifth of participants indicated at T2 difficulties to recover from the crisis. Participants who reported higher resilience to deal with the Covid-19 crisis at T2 showed higher self-efficacy, agreed more strongly with measures taken by the country and felt better informed about the virus. In contrast, participants who reported more difficulties in dealing with the pandemic, indicated reduced social contacts to family and friends at T2, and also felt lonelier. Results will be discussed applying a life-span developmental and systemic perspective on risk and protective factors in dealing with the secondary impacts of the pandemic.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
ALBERT, Isabelle  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
Hoffmann, Martine
MURDOCK, Elke  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
Nell, Josepha
KORNADT, Anna Elena  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Correlates of resilience of older people in times of crisis
Publication date :
November 2021
Event name :
GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
Event organizer :
Gerontological Society of America
Event place :
online, United States
Event date :
from 10-11-2021 to 13-11-2021
Audience :
International
Journal title :
Innovation in Aging
eISSN :
2399-5300
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Special issue title :
GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
Volume :
5
Issue :
S 1
Pages :
723
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
FnR Project :
FNR14705672 - Correlates Of Resilience In The Context Of Social Isolation In Seniors, 2020 (01/06/2020-31/12/2020) - Isabelle Astrid Albert
Name of the research project :
CRISIS
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche
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