A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework.
Aging inevitably gives rise to many challenges and transitions that can greatly impact our (mental) well-being and quality of life if these are not controlled adequately. Hence, the key to successful aging may not be the absence of these stressors, but the ability to demonstrate resilience against t...
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| author | Lotte P Brinkhof K Richard Ridderinkhof Sanne de Wit Harm J Krugers Jaap M J Murre |
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| description | Aging inevitably gives rise to many challenges and transitions that can greatly impact our (mental) well-being and quality of life if these are not controlled adequately. Hence, the key to successful aging may not be the absence of these stressors, but the ability to demonstrate resilience against them. The current study set out to explore how resilience and successful aging may intersect by investigating how various resilience capacity-promoting (protective) and resilience capacity-reducing (risk) factors relate to mental well-being and quality of life. Through a large-scale (N = 2000, age 55+, 30 factors) network analysis, we established the interplay between risk/protective factors from various domains, including demographics, (mental) health, (environmental) stress, lifestyle, coping/personality, and ageism. We revealed some unique pathways through which each of these factors contribute to individuals' mental well-being and/or quality of life, and interpreted these findings in terms of a resilience-based framework of successful aging. Our findings emphasize the complexity of factors that can impact quality of life and mental well-being in later life and can steer researchers and practitioners in devising efficacious, multi-pronged interventions that target risk and protective factors simultaneously, thereby maximizing their potential in boosting beneficial outcomes among older individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d296c96f8e3247ce89cdc19da9fd351d2025-02-05T05:31:24ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031544510.1371/journal.pone.0315445A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework.Lotte P BrinkhofK Richard RidderinkhofSanne de WitHarm J KrugersJaap M J MurreAging inevitably gives rise to many challenges and transitions that can greatly impact our (mental) well-being and quality of life if these are not controlled adequately. Hence, the key to successful aging may not be the absence of these stressors, but the ability to demonstrate resilience against them. The current study set out to explore how resilience and successful aging may intersect by investigating how various resilience capacity-promoting (protective) and resilience capacity-reducing (risk) factors relate to mental well-being and quality of life. Through a large-scale (N = 2000, age 55+, 30 factors) network analysis, we established the interplay between risk/protective factors from various domains, including demographics, (mental) health, (environmental) stress, lifestyle, coping/personality, and ageism. We revealed some unique pathways through which each of these factors contribute to individuals' mental well-being and/or quality of life, and interpreted these findings in terms of a resilience-based framework of successful aging. Our findings emphasize the complexity of factors that can impact quality of life and mental well-being in later life and can steer researchers and practitioners in devising efficacious, multi-pronged interventions that target risk and protective factors simultaneously, thereby maximizing their potential in boosting beneficial outcomes among older individuals.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315445 |
| spellingShingle | Lotte P Brinkhof K Richard Ridderinkhof Sanne de Wit Harm J Krugers Jaap M J Murre A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. PLoS ONE |
| title | A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. |
| title_full | A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. |
| title_short | A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. |
| title_sort | cross sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience based framework |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315445 |
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