Successful Aging Among LGBT Older Adults: Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life by Age Group | Zendy

Karen I. FredriksenGoldsen | Zendy; HyunJun Kim | Zendy; ChengShi Shiu | Zendy; Jayn Goldsen | Zendy; Charles A. Emlet | Zendy

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Successful Aging Among LGBT Older Adults: Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life by Age Group

Author(s) -

Karen I. FredriksenGoldsen,

HyunJun Kim,

ChengShi Shiu,

Jayn Goldsen,

Charles A. Emlet

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/gnu081

Subject(s) - mental health , gerontology , psychology , transgender , quality of life (healthcare) , successful aging , population , human sexuality , sexual orientation , psychological resilience , lesbian , social support , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , environmental health , gender studies , sociology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are a health disparate population as identified in Healthy People 2020. Yet, there has been limited attention to how LGBT older adults maintain successful aging despite the adversity they face. Utilizing a Resilience Framework, this study investigates the relationship between physical and mental health-related quality of life (QOL) and covariates by age group.

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