Do Higher Levels of Resilience Buffer the Deleterious Impact of Chronic Illness on Disability in Later Life? | Zendy

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Do Higher Levels of Resilience Buffer the Deleterious Impact of Chronic Illness on Disability in Later Life?

Author(s) -

Lydia K. Manning,

Dawn Carr,

Ben Lennox Kail

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnu068

Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , chronic disease , psychology , association (psychology) , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , thermodynamics , physics , psychotherapist

In examining the ability of resilience, or the ability to navigate adversity in a manner that protects well-being, to buffer the impact of chronic disease onset on disability in later life, the authors tested 2 hypotheses: (a) People with greater levels of resilience will have lower levels of disability and (b) resilience will moderate the association between the onset of a new chronic condition and subsequent disability.

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