German Ageing Survey (DEAS)

Vogel, Claudia; Klaus, Daniela; Wettstein, Markus; Simonson, Julia; Tesch-Römer, Clemens

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_1115-1

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“…For our analyses, we used data of the German Ageing Survey (“Deutscher Alterssurvey,” DEAS). This survey is a cohort-sequential study, based on samples comprising community-dwelling adults aged 40 years and older at the time of their first study participation ( Klaus et al, 2017 ; Vogel et al, 2020 ). Sample inclusion criteria were: aged between 40 and 85 years at study entry; living in a private household (i.e., not in institutions such as nursing homes) within Germany at the time of first study participation; ability to speak and understand German 1 .…”

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Perceived Stress Predicts Subsequent Self-Reported Problems With Vision and Hearing: Longitudinal Findings From the German Ageing Survey

2021

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Although stress is a risk factor for various diseases in later life, its role for sensory abilities in the second half of life has rarely been empirically addressed. We examined if perceived stress at baseline predicts self-reported difficulties with vision and hearing 3 years later. We also explored whether chronological age is a moderator of associations between stress and sensory difficulties. Our sample was derived from the German Ageing Survey and consisted of n = 5,085 individuals aged 40–95 years ( M = 64.01 years, SD = 10.84 years). Controlling for baseline self-reported sensory functioning, socio-demographic indicators, self-rated health and chronic diseases, greater perceived stress at baseline predicted greater self-reported difficulties with vision and hearing 3 years later. The effect of stress did not vary by age. Our findings suggest that, from middle adulthood to advanced old age, stress is a risk factor for increases in self-perceived problems with vision and hearing.

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“…Samples were systematically stratified by age, gender, and region of residence (i.e., West or East Germany). Response rates of first-time participants between 1996 and 2014 were 50.3%, 37.8%, 35.7%, and 27.1%, respectively ( Klaus & Engstler, 2017 ; Vogel et al, 2020 ).…”

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Perceived Stress Predicts Subsequent Self-Reported Problems With Vision and Hearing: Longitudinal Findings From the German Ageing Survey

2021

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“…To test the hypotheses, the longitudinal data from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS) were used (Vogel et al, 2020). The DEAS is a multi-topic study that provides data to examine the changes and diversity in the living conditions of the middle-aged and older population as well as on the process of individual ageing.…”

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“…Using data from the German Ageing Survey (see Vogel et al, 2020), the present study extends prior research in three ways: First, it is aimed to replicate the described post-widowhood trajectories in social relationships based on large-scale longitudinal data and considering women and men from middle to late adulthood. Three significant aspects of social relationships are examined: the number of close relationships, the number of potential supporters offering emotional and cognitive support, and the number of providers of instrumental and material help.…”

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Differential Effects of Widowhood on Network and Support

Klaus

2021

Journal of Family Issues

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This study examines the mobilization of close and supportive relationships following widowhood and whether these trajectories differ by educational level or gender. It is assumed that widowed spouses call up social relationships to compensate for their spousal loss and accompanying cuts in subjective well-being. Using longitudinal data from the German Ageing Survey (N = 7,012; observations = 20,816), fixed effects models were estimated. Widowhood results in increases in the network size and the providers of support up to the fourth post-widowhood year. After that, starting decreases reach pre-widowed levels around seven years after widowhood. The most pronounced changes were found for widowed spouses with university degree and for widowed women. The overall mobilization of social relationships is thus limited in time and widowed spouses without vocational degree, as well as men in part, are the most vulnerable to the adverse social consequences of widowhood.

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“…Data of the German Ageing Survey, a cohort-sequential study comprising German community-dwelling adults aged 40 years and older at the time of their first study participation (Vogel et al, 2020), were used. Six measurement occasions (T1: 1996, T2: 2002, T3: 2008, T4: 2011, T5: 2014, T6: 2017) have been completed so far.…”

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Associations of self-reported vision problems with health and psychosocial functioning: A 9-year longitudinal perspective

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British Journal of Visual Impairment

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Impaired vision often results in restrictions across diverse key indicators of successful aging. However, little is known about how impaired vision affects the long-term trajectories of these outcomes, whether effects are moderated by age, and whether psychosocial resources beyond well-being such as subjective age views are also affected by vision loss. We analyzed how self-reported vision problems as a time-varying predictor are related to long-term changes in health and cognitive ability (functional health, number of chronic diseases, self-rated health, information processing speed), well-being (life satisfaction, positive and negative affect, depressive symptoms, loneliness), and subjective age views (subjective age; aging-related cognitions: social loss, physical decline, continuous growth). Our sample was derived from the German Ageing Survey, comprising 6,378 individuals (40–89 years) who provided up to four observations over a 9-year period. Controlling for gender, age, education, and functional as well as self-rated health, we observed that both on a between- and a within-person level, indicators of successful aging were consistently less favorable among individuals with more vision problems. Associations between vision problems and functional health became stronger with advancing age. In contrast, with increasing age, vision problems were less closely associated with change in several indicators of psychosocial functioning. Our findings suggest that self-reported visual impairment is associated with restrictions across a broad range of developmental domains. Some detrimental effects of vision problems are augmented in later life, whereas several effects on well-being and subjective age views were attenuated with advancing age, which might indicate processes of late-life adaptation to vision loss.

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German Ageing Survey (DEAS)

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Perceived Stress Predicts Subsequent Self-Reported Problems With Vision and Hearing: Longitudinal Findings From the German Ageing Survey

Perceived Stress Predicts Subsequent Self-Reported Problems With Vision and Hearing: Longitudinal Findings From the German Ageing Survey

Differential Effects of Widowhood on Network and Support

Associations of self-reported vision problems with health and psychosocial functioning: A 9-year longitudinal perspective

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