The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical health and psychological well-being among oldest-old adults. Structural equation modeling was performed to examine health influences on psychological well-being among 306 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Cente...
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| description | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical health and psychological well-being among oldest-old adults. Structural equation modeling was performed to examine health influences on psychological well-being among 306 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Latent variables were created to reflect subjective health, as measured by self-ratings of health and objective health, as measured by physical health impairment (i.e., health problems, past and present diseases, hospitalization) and biomarkers (i.e., hemoglobin and albumin). Psychological well-being was measured by positive and negative affect. There were significant direct effects of subjective health on affect and significant indirect effects of objective health through subjective health on positive affect and negative affect. Subjective health took the role of a mediator between objective health and psychological well-being. These results highlight the status and perceptions of health as a critical indicator for well-being in extreme old age. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9899609acaef4a1882cdeb5dae187abd2025-02-03T01:30:27ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22122011-01-01201110.4061/2011/605041605041The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old AdultsJinmyoung Cho0Peter Martin1Jennifer Margrett2Maurice MacDonald3Leonard W. Poon4Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USASchool of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USAInstitute of Gerontology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USAThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical health and psychological well-being among oldest-old adults. Structural equation modeling was performed to examine health influences on psychological well-being among 306 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Latent variables were created to reflect subjective health, as measured by self-ratings of health and objective health, as measured by physical health impairment (i.e., health problems, past and present diseases, hospitalization) and biomarkers (i.e., hemoglobin and albumin). Psychological well-being was measured by positive and negative affect. There were significant direct effects of subjective health on affect and significant indirect effects of objective health through subjective health on positive affect and negative affect. Subjective health took the role of a mediator between objective health and psychological well-being. These results highlight the status and perceptions of health as a critical indicator for well-being in extreme old age.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/605041 |
| spellingShingle | Jinmyoung Cho Peter Martin Jennifer Margrett Maurice MacDonald Leonard W. Poon The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults Journal of Aging Research |
| title | The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults |
| title_full | The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults |
| title_short | The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults |
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