Capturing Successful Aging in Daily Life: Exploring the Intensive Longitudinal Findings From a U.S. National Sample.

IF 4.6 2区医学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY Gerontologist Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI:10.1093/geront/gnae121

Dwight C K Tse, Kelsey P Finley, Linzi F Crawford, Jeanne Nakamura

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Abstract

Background and objectives: Thus far, successful aging has been conceptualized and operationalized as a relatively static construct. Investigating daily successful aging provides a dynamic approach highlighting how successful aging can be achieved through everyday actions, giving older adults a stronger sense of control over their lives.

Research design and methods: We used 8-day diary data from Midlife in the United States 2's U.S. national sample of older adults (N = 716, Mage[standard deviation, SD] = 68.80[6.45]). Participants reported daily physical symptoms, functioning, and engagement in life (collectively, successful aging indicators), alongside daily stressors and positive events. We also correlated the personal mean and standard deviation of the indicators with 1-time measures of health and well-being.

Results: Intraclass correlation revealed substantial within-person variability in successful aging indicators. These indicators were associated with daily stressors and positive events. One-time health and well-being indicators were positively associated with personal mean levels of successful aging, although their correlations with personal SDs were less consistent.

Discussion and implications: Intraindividual variations in successful aging as everyday symptoms, functioning, and engagement with life are observable among a national sample of older adults, challenging the static view of successful aging and, instead, emphasizing the need to understand "micro-level" contributors of successful aging.

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Gerontologist GERONTOLOGY-

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11.00

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8.80%

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171

期刊介绍： The Gerontologist, published since 1961, is a bimonthly journal of The Gerontological Society of America that provides a multidisciplinary perspective on human aging by publishing research and analysis on applied social issues. It informs the broad community of disciplines and professions involved in understanding the aging process and providing care to older people. Articles should include a conceptual framework and testable hypotheses. Implications for policy or practice should be highlighted. The Gerontologist publishes quantitative and qualitative research and encourages manuscript submissions of various types including: research articles, intervention research, review articles, measurement articles, forums, and brief reports. Book and media reviews, International Spotlights, and award-winning lectures are commissioned by the editors.