With increasing age, older adults are more likely to be challenged by an increasing number
of physical, functional and social losses. As a result, coping with losses becomes a central …

Introduction: Research on coping in advanced old age is scarce. In the present study, we
explored coping patterns in near-centenarians and centenarians, and characteristics …

Objectives and method: Information about aging-related change in coping is limited mainly
to results of cross-sectional studies of age differences in coping, and no research has …

Two cross-sectional studies of coping conducted on 405 men and women aged 21 to 91 in
1980 (McCrae, 1982) formed the basis for longitudinal analyses in 1987. At Time 2,191 of …

Objectives: The present study was prompted by the lack of agreement on how coping
changes with age. We postulate that the effect of age on coping is mediated by coping …

This paper compares older adults in their sixties, eighties, and 100s on personality,
experience of life events, and coping. A secondary goal was to test a structural model of …

The authors examined age differences in perceived coping resources and satisfaction with
life across 3 older-adult age groups (45-64, 65-74, and 75 years and older). The 98 …

Objectives: The purpose of this studywas to assess age, gender, ethnicity, and education
differences in specific (“molecular”) coping behaviors for three older adult age groups …

This study reports on two modes of adaptation of 150 individuals, 85 years and older. High
proportions had experienced physical and social losses, yet most were able to sustain a …

In the last several years, a host of studies have shown a relationship between life change
and deterioration in health status. This relationship, however, appears to be modest, and …