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Trial reportThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2016

The Baltimore Experience Corps Trial: Enhancing Generativity via Intergenerational Activity Engagement in Later Life.

Tara L Gruenewald, Elizabeth K Tanner, Linda P Fried, Michelle C Carlson, Qian-Li Xue, Jeanine M Parisi, George W Rebok, Lisa M Yarnell, Teresa E Seeman

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Trial report in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05352243 (Combined Expressive Disclosure and Prosocial Writing to Promote Well-Being and Decrease Psychological Distress Among Bereaved Emerging Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05352243 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Combined Expressive Disclosure and Prosocial Writing to Promote Well-Being and Decrease Psychological Distress Among Bereaved Emerging Adults: Examining The Roles of Psychological Distancing, Universality, and Generativity

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, Los AngelesRan2022 to 2022Enrolled178ConditionsBereavementArmsExpressive Disclosure, Expressive Helping, Fact-Writing
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Using Cognitive Intraindividual Variability to Measure Intervention Effectiveness: Results from the Baltimore Experience Corps Trial.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021
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  5. Generativity and Social Well-Being in Older Women: Expectations Regarding Aging Matter.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021
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  6. A Community Choir Intervention to Promote Well-Being Among Diverse Older Adults: Results From the Community of Voices Trial.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020
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  11. Social cohesion, social capital and mental health: current evidence and future research directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tara L GruenewaldDavis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Tara.Gruenewald@usc.edu.
Elizabeth K TannerDepartment of Community-Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Linda P FriedMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Michelle C CarlsonDepartments of Mental Health and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Qian-Li XueDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jeanine M ParisiDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
George W RebokDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Lisa M YarnellAmerican Institutes for Research, Washington, District of Columbia.
Teresa E SeemanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Johns Hopkins University · USAmerican Institutes for Research · USColumbia University · US

Funding

'T V ASSESSMENT - MEMORY DISORDERED PATIENTS'P50AG005146 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI TRONCOSO, JUAN · 1985 to 2019
$37.6M
SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF EXPERIENCE CORPS PARTICIPATIONP01AG027735 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI REBOK, GEORGE W. · 2006 to 2013
$10.9M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG027735NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesBeing and feeling generative, defined as exhibiting concern and behavior to benefit others, is an important developmental goal of midlife and beyond. Although a growing body of evidence suggests mental and physical health benefits of feeling generative in later life, little information exists as to the modifiability of generativity perceptions. The present study examines whether participation in the intergenerational civic engagement program, Experience Corps (EC), benefits older adults' self-perceptions of generativity.

methodLevels of generativity were compared in older adults randomized to serve as EC volunteers or controls (usual volunteer opportunities) in the Baltimore Experience Corps Trial at 4-, 12-, and 24-month evaluation points over the 2-year trial. Analyses utilized intention-to-treat and complier average causal effects (CACE) analyses which incorporate degree of intervention exposure in analytic models.

resultsParticipants randomized to the EC group had significantly higher levels of generative desire and perceptions of generative achievement than controls at each follow-up point; CACE analyses indicate a dose-response effect with a greater magnitude of intervention effect with greater exposure to the EC program. DISCUSSION: Results provide the first-ever, large-scale experimental demonstration that participation in an intergenerational civic engagement program can positively alter self-perceptions of generativity in older adulthood.

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Health StatusSelf ConceptActivities of Daily LivingAgedCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchFemaleFocus GroupsHealth PromotionHumansMaleRetirementVolunteersCivic engagementGenerativityIntergenerationalRandomized controlled trialSocial engagementVolunteerism

Identifiers

PMID25721053
PMCPMC4903034
OpenAlexW2059016987

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