Trial reportBrain, behavior, and immunity2020
Feeling needed: Effects of a randomized generativity intervention on well-being and inflammation in older women.
Trial report in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Generativity and Social Well-Being in Older Women: Expectations Regarding Aging Matter.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Trial
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- The paradox of action: Trajectories in distress, meaning, and gene regulation following self-directed activist engagement among Black women.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Influencing the Association Between Generativity, the Desire to Promote Well-Being of Younger Generations, and Purpose in Life in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Associations Between Generativity and Social Asymmetry Among Older Adults in Japan.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Impact of Cohabitation during Confinement on Older Adults' Negative Affect: What Specificity of Life as a Couple?The Journal of frailty & aging · 2024Article
- Review of Major Social Determinants of Health in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Psychotic Disorders: III. Biology.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Volunteering and Changes in Cardiovascular Biomarkers: Longitudinal Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- How do older women perceive the occupations and activities within their maternal role? Findings from an exploratory survey.PloS one · 2023Article
- Effect of Mindfulness Versus Loving-kindness Training on Leukocyte Gene Expression in Midlife Adults Raised in Low-Socioeconomic Status Households.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- Generativity and Gendered Pathways to Health: The Role of Human, Social, and Financial Capital Past Mid-Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review of the Maternal Role at Older Age; Perceptions and Occupations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The U-Curve of Happiness Revisited: Correlations and Differences in Life Satisfaction Over the Span of Life-An Empirical Evaluation Based on Data From 1,597 Individuals Aged 12-94 in Germany.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Type I interferon antiviral gene program is impaired by lockdown and preserved by caregiving.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Kindness and cellular aging: A pre-registered experiment testing the effects of prosocial behavior on telomere length and well-being.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Article
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Generativity, or concern for and contribution to the well-being of younger generations, plays an important role in successful aging. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, writing-based intervention to increase feelings of generativity and test the effect of this intervention on well-being and inflammation in a sample of older women. Participants in this study (n = 73; mean age = 70.9 years, range 60-86 years) were randomly assigned to a 6-week generativity writing condition (writing about life experiences and sharing advice with others) or a control writing condition (neutral, descriptive writing). Self-reported measures of social well-being, mental health, and physical health, as well as objective measures of systemic and cellular levels of inflammation (plasma pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α; genome-wide RNA transcriptional profiling), were assessed pre- and post-intervention. The generativity intervention led to significant improvements across multiple domains, including increases in participation in social activities, decreases in psychological distress, more positive expectations regarding aging in the physical health domain, and decreases in pro-inflammatory gene expression. Thus, this study provides preliminary evidence for the ability of a novel, low-cost, low-effort intervention to favorably impact inflammation and well-being in older women.
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