Open Access(Im)mobilities and life satisfaction in times of COVID-19: The case of older persons in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Iuna Dones,
Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu,
Marie Baeriswyl
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international health trends and perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-9269
DOI - 10.32920/ihtp.v2i1.1590
Subject(s) - mobilities , covid-19 , life satisfaction , pandemic , psychology , gerontology , sociology , social psychology , medicine , social science , virology , disease , outbreak , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in mobilities worldwide. Physical movement and social contact are shown to be correlated to life satisfaction. In this paper we are interested in how during the pandemic other types of mobilities relate to life satisfaction. The paper draws on a survey (N=643) among persons aged 65+ in Switzerland. Results show that engagement in communicative mobilities are related to higher life satisfaction, imaginative mobilities only partially relate to life satisfaction, and virtual mobilities have no correlation.