AGE DIFFERENCES IN PRIOR EXPERIENCES USED TO COPE WITH COVID-19 STRESSORS
Maria Kurth, Heidi Igarashi, Carolyn Aldwin · 2023
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Maria Kurth, Heidi Igarashi, and Carolyn Aldwin asked older adults which past experiences they drew on to cope with the stress of COVID-19. Older people faced greater physical risk from the virus yet reported fewer mental health effects than the young, and life experience is a suspected reason. The team surveyed adults over fifty in the spring of twenty twenty.
Of two hundred thirty-five respondents, sixty percent answered the open question. Their answers fell into three families: similar past experiences, adversity gathered across the lifespan, and personal resources. Surprisingly, no differences appeared between the midlife, young-old, and old-old groups in what they cited. The authors read this as support for the idea that accumulated experience helps older adults cope.
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| CREATOR | Maria Kurth, Heidi Igarashi, Carolyn Aldwin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |