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The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults
Joint Authors
MacDonald, Maurice
Margrett, Jennifer
Poon, Leonard W.
Martin, Peter
Cho, Jinmyoung
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical health and psychological well-being among oldest-old adults.
Structural equation modeling was performed to examine health influences on psychological well-being among 306 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study.
Latent variables were created to reflect subjective health, as measured by self-ratings of health and objective health, as measured by physical health impairment (i.e., health problems, past and present diseases, hospitalization) and biomarkers (i.e., hemoglobin and albumin).
Psychological well-being was measured by positive and negative affect.
There were significant direct effects of subjective health on affect and significant indirect effects of objective health through subjective health on positive affect and negative affect.
Subjective health took the role of a mediator between objective health and psychological well-being.
These results highlight the status and perceptions of health as a critical indicator for well-being in extreme old age.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cho, Jinmyoung& Martin, Peter& Margrett, Jennifer& MacDonald, Maurice& Poon, Leonard W.. 2011. The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cho, Jinmyoung…[et al.]. The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults. Journal of Aging Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cho, Jinmyoung& Martin, Peter& Margrett, Jennifer& MacDonald, Maurice& Poon, Leonard W.. The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults. Journal of Aging Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484443
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484443