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Using Wellness and Resilience to Predict Age Perception in Older Adulthood
Author(s) -
Fullen Matthew C.,
Granello Darcy Haag,
Richardson Virginia E.,
Granello Paul F.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12224
Subject(s) - perception , psychological resilience , psychology , successful aging , affect (linguistics) , gerontology , resilience (materials science) , developmental psychology , young adult , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , communication , neuroscience , physics , thermodynamics
The authors surveyed 210 adults ages 56 to 97 to better understand which variables affect perceptions of aging. A correlational design was used to determine whether wellness and resilience predicted positive age perception and internalized ageism among this group. Both variables were found to significantly predict age perception, and the data supported an interaction effect between age and resilience when predicting internalized ageism. Results may inform counselors, counselor educators, and other professionals who work with older adults.