The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians
Objective: This study aims to explore the relationships between various coping types, resilience, and anxiety among older Australians. Particular attention is paid to whether resilience moderates coping's effect on anxiety. Method: A total of 324 Australians aged between 55 and 90 (M = 66.7, SD...
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| description | Objective: This study aims to explore the relationships between various coping types, resilience, and anxiety among older Australians. Particular attention is paid to whether resilience moderates coping's effect on anxiety. Method: A total of 324 Australians aged between 55 and 90 (M = 66.7, SD = 8.6) were surveyed as part of the study. Moderation was assessed using structural equation modelling and plots of simple slopes. Results: Significant negative correlations were detected between anxiety and both proactive coping and preventive coping. Higher levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of anxiety. Age moderated both proactive coping and reflective coping's effects on anxiety and gender moderated avoidance coping's effect on anxiety. Resilience was found to moderate the relationships between proactive coping and anxiety, and instrumental support seeking and anxiety. For those high in resilience, there was little association between anxiety and proactive coping or anxiety and instrumental support seeking. Among low resilience individuals, there was a negative association between proactive coping and anxiety, but a positive association between instrumental support seeking and anxiety. Conclusion: Resilience, proactive coping, and preventive coping are all important predictors of anxiety among older people. Among those who are low in resilience, proactively coping with stress may be particularly important for good mental health. The results of the study highlight the complexity of the relationship between resilience, coping, and anxiety among older people. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3de5fca9cc4e40b4bf54d94fb9bd3f1e2023-09-19T08:54:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAustralian Journal of Psychology0004-95301742-95362017-12-0169426327210.1111/ajpy.1215212098859The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older AustraliansWendy Wen Li0Daniel J. Miller1James Cook UniversityJames Cook UniversityObjective: This study aims to explore the relationships between various coping types, resilience, and anxiety among older Australians. Particular attention is paid to whether resilience moderates coping's effect on anxiety. Method: A total of 324 Australians aged between 55 and 90 (M = 66.7, SD = 8.6) were surveyed as part of the study. Moderation was assessed using structural equation modelling and plots of simple slopes. Results: Significant negative correlations were detected between anxiety and both proactive coping and preventive coping. Higher levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of anxiety. Age moderated both proactive coping and reflective coping's effects on anxiety and gender moderated avoidance coping's effect on anxiety. Resilience was found to moderate the relationships between proactive coping and anxiety, and instrumental support seeking and anxiety. For those high in resilience, there was little association between anxiety and proactive coping or anxiety and instrumental support seeking. Among low resilience individuals, there was a negative association between proactive coping and anxiety, but a positive association between instrumental support seeking and anxiety. Conclusion: Resilience, proactive coping, and preventive coping are all important predictors of anxiety among older people. Among those who are low in resilience, proactively coping with stress may be particularly important for good mental health. The results of the study highlight the complexity of the relationship between resilience, coping, and anxiety among older people.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12152anxietycoping skillsmoderationresilience sem |
| spellingShingle | Wendy Wen Li Daniel J. Miller The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians Australian Journal of Psychology anxiety coping skills moderation resilience sem |
| title | The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians |
| title_full | The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians |
| title_fullStr | The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians |
| title_short | The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians |
| title_sort | impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older australians |
| topic | anxiety coping skills moderation resilience sem |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12152 |
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