Younger and older adults' mood and expectations regarding aging during COVID-19

MC Whatley, ALM Siegel, ST Schwartz… - Gerontology and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has broadly impacted our daily lives. Here,
we used a longitudinal approach to investigate older adults' mood and expectations …

Age differences in COVID-19 risk perceptions and mental health: Evidence from a national US survey conducted in March 2020

W Bruine de Bruin - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Theories of aging posit that older adult age is associated with less negative
emotions, but few studies have examined age differences at times of novel challenges. As …

COVID-19 worries and behavior changes in older and younger men and women

SJ Barber, H Kim - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is higher among
older adults than younger adults and is also higher among men than women. However …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-perception of aging among older adults

A Seifert - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a pattern of physical distancing worldwide, particularly
for adults aged 65+. Such distancing can evoke subjective feelings of negative self …

The ups and downs of daily life during COVID-19: Age differences in affect, stress, and positive events

P Klaiber, JH Wen, A DeLongis… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Past research has linked older age with greater emotional well-being and
decreased reactivity to stressors, but it is unknown whether age-related advantages in …

“We are staying at home.” Association of self-perceptions of aging, personal and family resources, and loneliness with psychological distress during the lock-down …

A Losada-Baltar, L Jiménez-Gonzalo… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Families are going through a very stressful time because of the COVID-19
outbreak, with age being a risk factor for this illness. Negative self-perceptions of aging …

Ageism and older people's health and well-being during the COVID-19-pandemic: The moderating role of subjective aging

AE Kornadt, I Albert, M Hoffmann, E Murdock… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In the Covid-19 pandemic, being older means being in a special focus: Probabilities for
severe infections and mortality rise with increasing age and protective measures for this …

How have older adults reacted to coronavirus disease 2019?

A Cigiloglu, ZA Ozturk, EM Efendioglu - Psychogeriatrics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Outbreaks have a wide spectrum of psychosocial impact on individuals. This study
aimed to investigate the psychosocial effects of measures to prevent the spread of the novel …

Reactive, agentic, apathetic, or challenged? Aging, emotion, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic

NA Young, CE Waugh, AR Minton, ST Charles… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Advanced age is generally associated with improved
emotional well-being, but the coronavirus 2019 pandemic unleashed a global stressor that …

With age comes well-being: Older age associated with lower stress, negative affect, and depression throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

EC Fields, EA Kensinger, SM Garcia, JH Ford… - Aging & mental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Despite initial concerns about older adult's emotional well-being during the
COVID-19 pandemic, reports from the first months of the pandemic suggested that older …