Did Resilience and Socioeconomic Status Predict Older Adults' Finding a Silver Lining in COVID?

Jocelyn Wilder, Diane S Lauderdale, Louise Hawkley

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Article in Innovation in aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Social contact and the perceived impact of social distancing on health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults taking part in the OPAL cohort study.BMC public health · 2024
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3 authors.

Jocelyn WilderNORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Diane S LauderdaleDepartment of Public Health Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Louise HawkleyNORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-8560

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic stretched our limits-physically, mentally, and economically. However, some older adults report that it led to positive changes. This study aims to understand whether prepandemic resilience, education, or income predicted older adults' subsequent likelihood of reporting positive changes in their lives during the pandemic. Research Design and Methods: We use data from the National Social Life, Heath, and Aging Project, an ongoing panel study with a COVID-19 ancillary supplement ( Results: The study results aligned with the fundamental cause theory. In demographically adjusted models including resilience, education, and income, as well as the effect of the pandemic on employment and a COVID-disruption score, the odds of reporting any positive change were 2.6 times higher for those with an associate degree ( Discussion and Implications: These findings show that older adults with more education could navigate COVID-19 challenges in a way that improved their perspectives on at least one aspect of their lives.

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COVID-19 pandemicFundamental cause theoryOlder adultsResilience

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PMID37719663

DOI10.1093/geroni/igad058

PMCPMC10500972

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