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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2024

Understanding Health, Subjective Aging, and Participation in Social Activities in Later Life: A Regional Finnish Survey.

Heli Vaartio-Rajalin, Fredrik Snellman, Ylva Gustafsson, Auvo Rauhala, Emilia Viklund

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Heli Vaartio-RajalinTurku University of Applied Sciences/Master School, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5957-0038
Fredrik SnellmanDepartment of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå University, Sweden.
Ylva GustafssonFaculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Auvo RauhalaFaculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Department of Health Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, Finland.
Emilia ViklundFaculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Department of Health Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5852-1381

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand health and well-being in later life, it is vital to consider the meaning of subjective aging. This study aimed to explore how perceived health, self-perceptions of aging, and participation in social activities relate to each other among older persons in the Bothnia region and Åland islands in Finland. Data were analyzed using Spearman's and polychoric correlation and multinomial logistic regression analyses. The perceived good health and the younger physical, psychological, and social dimensions of subjective age were found to be associated with each other and with participation in social activities outside one's home.

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AgingHealth StatusSocial ParticipationAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFinlandHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedSelf ConceptSurveys and Questionnaireshealthparticipationperceptionpopulation agingself-concept

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PMID38037740
PMCPMC11055408

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