2016
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv099
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Correlates of Successful Aging in Racial and Ethnic Minority Women Age 80 Years and Older: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative

Abstract: Between racial/ethnic minority group differences in physical functioning are largely explained by demographic, psychosocial, behavioral, and health-related variables. We found statistically significant differences in selfrated overall QOL between racial/ethnic minority groups.

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“…There is an affirmation of the importance to gerontology of developing theoretical models that are sensitive to cultural diversity, which would contribute toward improved design and implementation of interventions. Studies have been carried out along these lines with ethnic minorities in the United States and in some European countries (Bowling, 2009 ; Cené et al, 2016 ). However, there is a lack of studies analysing successful ageing in native ethnic groups; that is, ethnic communities living in their natural environmental surroundings who have become ethnic minorities within their own geographical and territorial context.…”
Section: Background: Successful Ageing and Ethnicitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is an affirmation of the importance to gerontology of developing theoretical models that are sensitive to cultural diversity, which would contribute toward improved design and implementation of interventions. Studies have been carried out along these lines with ethnic minorities in the United States and in some European countries (Bowling, 2009 ; Cené et al, 2016 ). However, there is a lack of studies analysing successful ageing in native ethnic groups; that is, ethnic communities living in their natural environmental surroundings who have become ethnic minorities within their own geographical and territorial context.…”
Section: Background: Successful Ageing and Ethnicitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A significant proportion of older minorities share a history of lifelong disadvantage that influences their aging experiences (Jackson, Govia, & Sellers, 2010). As a result, when successful aging is defined by income/wealth and education, and absence of physical and cognitive impairments, older minorities tend to be considered less successful than their non-Hispanic White peers (Cené et al, 2016). However, as previous studies have argued (Calvo, Carr, & Matz-Costa, 2017; Mejía, Ryan, González, & Smith, 2017), later-life success may be also defined by individuals’ appraisals of their own well-being (Angel, 2009; Jeste & Palmer, 2013).…”
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“…In terms of research with the indigenous elderly, it is worth clarifying that there are few studies with indigenous ethnic minorities and even fewer if we restrict the scope to health/well-being in old age (37). We may highlight the current studies being conducted among indigenous populations in North America (38), and some research among indigenous Brazilian (39) and Chilean (40) populations.…”
Section: How Is Successful Aging Associated With Well-being and Feeling Happy?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We may highlight the current studies being conducted among indigenous populations in North America (38), and some research among indigenous Brazilian (39) and Chilean (40) populations. However, the empirical evidence that predominates about ethnic minorities tends to deal with migratory processes; that is, how migrant minorities age in developed countries (35,37,41).…”
Section: How Is Successful Aging Associated With Well-being and Feeling Happy?mentioning
confidence: 99%