ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2019
Association of tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment with out-of-home mobility among community-dwelling older people.
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- Psychological resilience and active aging among older people with mobility limitations.European journal of ageing · 2021Article
- Coping Strategies and Self-Efficacy in University Students: A Person-Centered Approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Older Adults' Physical Activity and the Relevance of Distances to Neighborhood Destinations and Barriers to Outdoor Mobility.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs people age, functional losses may limit the potential to get outside the home and participate in desired activities and community life. Coping with age-related losses has been reported to be important for psychological well-being. Hitherto is not known whether active use of coping strategies also helps maintain out-of-home mobility.
aimsWe investigated how two coping strategies, tenacious goal pursuit (TGP; persistency in reaching one's goals) and flexible goal adjustment (FGA; adjusting one's goals to changed circumstances), are associated with life-space mobility and perceived autonomy in participation outdoors among community-dwelling older people.
methodsParticipants (n = 186) were aged 79-93 years. TGP and FGA were self-reported using separate scales. Perceived autonomy in participation was assessed with the Impact on Participation and Autonomy Outdoors-subscale, and life-space mobility with the Life-Space Assessment. Two-step cluster analysis was used to create data-driven coping profiles of TGP and FGA.
resultsGeneral linear model analyses showed that the profile including highly tenacious and flexible older people had the highest life-space mobility and perceived autonomy outdoors, whereas the profile including people with low TGP and low FGA showed the lowest scores. Depressive symptoms attenuated the associations.
conclusionsActive use of both TGP and FGA is favorable for out-of-home mobility and enables more active participation in society in later life.
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