LGBTQ Aging: Mental Health at Midlife and Older Adulthood

Greene, Darrell C.; Britton, Paula J.; Shepherd, James B.

doi:10.1080/15538605.2016.1233839

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“…The present review included studies where the sample's age was ≥ 60 years or its mean age was ≥ 65 years. Studies with samples of mixed age were excluded, except for studies where the geriatric sample was examined independently (Homan, 2016a;Greene et al, 2016). SC must be an outcome analyzed in the study and assessed with a validated instrument.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All studies were published in peer-reviewed journals and had a cross-sectional design. Six studies were conducted in the USA (Allen et al, 2012;Allen and Leary, 2013;Greene et al, 2016;Homan, 2016a;2016b;Smith, 2015), two in Canada (Bennett et al, 2017;Herriot et al, 2018), one in Pakistan (Imtiaz and Kamal, 2016), one in South Korea (Kim and Ko, 2018), and one in Australia (Phillips and Ferguson, 2013). Nine studies had a quantitative methodology (Allen et al, 2012;Greene et al, 2016;Herriot et al, 2018;Homan, 2016a;2016b;Imtiaz and Kamal, 2016;Kim and Ko, 2018;Phillips and Ferguson, 2013;Smith, 2015), one had a qualitative methodology (Bennett et al, 2017), and one had a mixed methodology (Allen and Leary, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The main objectives of the studies were to examine relations between SC and other variables (Allen et al, 2012;Greene et al, 2016;Herriot et al, 2018;Homan, 2016a;2016b;Imtiaz and Kamal, 2016;Kim and Ko, 2018;Phillips and Ferguson, 2013;Smith, 2015), to test the role of SC as a moderator (Allen et al, 2012;Herriot et al, 2018;2016a;Smith, 2015) or mediator (Allen and Leary, 2013;Homan, 2016b), to explore the nature of cognitions associated with SC (Allen and Leary, 2013), to explore experiences and perceptions of SC in the and more willing to use a walker (but not another person's help). SC moderated the relationship between memory difficulty and use of mnemonic tricks and strategies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…No studies recruited clinical samples. Eight studies recruited participants from the general community (Allen and Leary, 2013;Bennett et al, 2017;Greene et al, 2016;Herriot et al, 2018;Homan, 2016a;2016b;Imtiaz and Kamal, 2016;Kim and Ko, 2018), two studies recruited from retirement communities (Bennett et al, 2017;Phillips and Ferguson, 2013), one study recruited from a continuing care retirement community (Smith, 2015), one study recruited from an independent living facility (Allen et al, 2012, study 2), and one study did not specify the origin of the recruited sample (Allen et al, 2012, study 1). The sample size of the studies varied between 21 and 233 participants, the age range varied between 59 and 97 years, and the mean age varied between 69.24 and 82.1 years.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…SC was assessed with the Self-Compassion Scale in four studies (Allen et al, 2012, study 1;Imtiaz and Kamal, 2016;Kim and Ko, 2018;Phillips and Ferguson, 2013), with the shortened version of this scale in six studies (Allen and Leary, 2013;Greene et al, 2016;Herriot et al, 2018;Homan, 2016aHoman, , 2016bSmith, 2015), and with a semi-structured interview in one study (Bennett et al, 2017). In their study 2, Allen et al (2012) created their own short form of the Self-Compassion Scale, given that, at the time of their research, no abbreviated version was available.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The role of self-compassion in the psychological (mal)adjustment of older adults: a scoping review

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2020

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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ABSTRACT Background: The identification of protection factors regarding older adults’ mental health is essential. Self-compassion, the capacity to be kind towards the self during challenging times, may be one such factor. Although still scarce, some research in this field has already been conducted with older adults. Our research question was the following: what is currently known about the role of self-compassion in the psychological (mal)adjustment of older adults? Objectives: To review any study designs, in any setting, where self-compassion and any indicators of psychological (mal)adjustment were assessed in participants aged ≥60 years. Design: A scoping review of English, Portuguese, and Spanish published and unpublished materials, using the EBSCOhost Research and PubMed databases and reference lists. Search terms included self-compassion, self compassion, older adults, elderly, seniors, and geriatrics. After screening and selection of the studies, we charted the relevant data. Results: Eleven published studies (2012–2018) were reviewed. Self-compassion was associated with, and a predictor of, diverse mental health indicators in older adults. Self-compassion was also associated with indicators of physical health, moderated the relationship between physical health indicators and mental health indicators, and mediated the relationship between diverse mental health indicators. Results were obtained with participants of different nationalities and age. All studies had a cross-sectional design, and most studies recruited well-functioning community residents. Conclusions: Self-compassion is beneficial for the psychological adjustment of older adults and may also benefit their biological functioning. Self-compassion seems particularly relevant for those experiencing more negative life events. Studies with more robust methodologies are needed in order to replicate these findings.