Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults
Background: There are several negative stereotypes about older adults that have negatively influenced people's attitude about aging. The present study compared emotional well-being between older adults and adolescents. Methods: Data for this study came from 1,403 community-dwelling elderly pers...
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| author | Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah |
| author_facet | Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah |
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| description | Background: There are several negative stereotypes about older adults that have negatively influenced people's attitude about aging. The present study compared emotional well-being between older adults and adolescents. Methods: Data for this study came from 1,403 community-dwelling elderly persons and 1,190 secondary school students and were obtained from two national cross-sectional surveys. Emotional well-being was measured using the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index. Data analysis was conducted using a multivariate analysis of covariance with SPSS software version 20 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). Results: Elderly people significantly scored higher levels of emotional well-being (mean, 62.3; standard deviation, 22.55) than younger people (mean, 57.9; standard deviation, 18.46; t, 5.32; P≤0.001). The findings from the multivariate analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between older adults and younger people in emotional well-being [F(3, 2587)=120.21; P≤0.001; η2=0.122] after controlling for sex. Conclusion: Contrary to negative stereotypes about aging, our findings show a higher level of emotional well-being among older adults compared with younger people. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-368032015-10-06T06:54:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36803/ Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Background: There are several negative stereotypes about older adults that have negatively influenced people's attitude about aging. The present study compared emotional well-being between older adults and adolescents. Methods: Data for this study came from 1,403 community-dwelling elderly persons and 1,190 secondary school students and were obtained from two national cross-sectional surveys. Emotional well-being was measured using the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index. Data analysis was conducted using a multivariate analysis of covariance with SPSS software version 20 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). Results: Elderly people significantly scored higher levels of emotional well-being (mean, 62.3; standard deviation, 22.55) than younger people (mean, 57.9; standard deviation, 18.46; t, 5.32; P≤0.001). The findings from the multivariate analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between older adults and younger people in emotional well-being [F(3, 2587)=120.21; P≤0.001; η2=0.122] after controlling for sex. Conclusion: Contrary to negative stereotypes about aging, our findings show a higher level of emotional well-being among older adults compared with younger people. Dove Medical Press 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36803/1/Cohort%20comparisons.pdf Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi and Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan and Ibrahim, Rahimah (2014) Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 9. pp. 813-819. ISSN 1176-9092; ESSN: 1178-1998 http://www.dovepress.com/cohort-comparisons-emotional-well-being-among-adolescents-and-older-ad-peer-reviewed-article-CIA 10.2147/CIA.S61636 |
| spellingShingle | Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title | Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title_full | Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title_fullStr | Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title_short | Cohort comparisons: emotional well-being among adolescents and older adults |
| title_sort | cohort comparisons emotional well being among adolescents and older adults |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36803/1/Cohort%20comparisons.pdf |
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