Impairment Severity and Evaluative and Experienced Well-being Among Older Adults: Assessing the Role of Daily Activities | Zendy

Vicki A. Freedman | Zendy; Deborah Carr | Zendy; Jennifer C. Cornman | Zendy; Richard E. Lucas | Zendy

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Impairment Severity and Evaluative and Experienced Well-being Among Older Adults: Assessing the Role of Daily Activities

Author(s) -

Vicki A. Freedman,

Deborah Carr,

Jennifer C. Cornman,

Richard E. Lucas

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igx010

Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , sadness , neuroticism , worry , quality of life (healthcare) , context (archaeology) , happiness , life satisfaction , affect (linguistics) , well being , activities of daily living , association (psychology) , functional impairment , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , personality , anger , anxiety , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , communication , psychotherapist , biology

Role-fulfilling aspects of activities appear to be more central than contextual aspects of activities to the impairment-well-being relationship. However, potentially modifiable psychosocial factors account for a much greater share of this relationship. Further research is needed on whether interventions targeting these psychosocial factors might bolster emotional well-being for older adults experiencing impairments.

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