Stressful life events, family support and successful ageing in the Biafran War generation

Abstract

Growing old can be a very positive experience for both the individual and the society. Family support provides social protection for older people, in the face of difficult socio-economic circumstances.

Domains and Measurements of Healthy Aging in Epidemiological Studies: A Review

“…For example, men, younger, and married participants tended to be healthier than those who were women, older, and unmarried (Araújo, Ribeiro, Teixeira, & Paúl, 2016; Campos et al, 2016; Cosco et al, 2016; Jaspers et al, 2017; Liu et al, 2017). Older people who had better psychosocial well-being, such as less stress and more family support, could more easily achieve healthy aging than others (Baek, Martin, Siegler, Davey, Poon, 2016; Byun & Jung, 2016; Chukwuorji et al, 2017; Gu, Brown, & Qiu, 2016; Kok, Aartsen, Deeg, & Huisman, 2015). People in more advantaged socioeconomic groups were more likely to have less illness in later life (Caballero et al, 2017; Kok et al, 2015; Liu et al, 2017; Whitley, Benzeval, & Popham, 2016).…”

Moderating Effect of Family Support on the Mediated Relation Between Negative Life Events and Antisocial Behavior Tendencies via Self-Esteem Among Chinese Adolescents

“…However, there are few studies with large samples that take a look at how family support influences the effect of adversity events on antisocial behavior tendencies in adolescents. Previous research has indicated that there is evidence that family support may reduce stress among youths (Wills et al, 1992;Chukwuorji et al, 2017), but little is known about how family support may act as a protective factor against antisocial behavior tendencies. Based on a functional model of social support processes (Wills et al, 1992), family support allows adolescents to cope more with the usual challenges in life, especially Abbreviations: ASLEC, Adolescent self-rating life events check list; CFA, Confirmatory factor analysis; CFI, Comparative fit index; TLI, Tucker-Lewis index; SRMR, The standardized root mean square residual; RMSEA, Root mean square error of approximation; CI, Confidence interval; SEM, Structural equation model; RSCA, Resilience scale for Chinese adolescent; MLR, Robust maximum likelihood estimator; LMS, Latent moderated structural equations; SD, Standard deviation.…”

“…However, there are few studies with large samples that take a look at how family support influences the effect of adversity events on antisocial behavior tendencies in adolescents. Previous research has indicated that there is evidence that family support may reduce stress among youths ( Wills et al, 1992 ; Chukwuorji et al, 2017 ), but little is known about how family support may act as a protective factor against antisocial behavior tendencies. Based on a functional model of social support processes ( Wills et al, 1992 ), family support allows adolescents to cope more with the usual challenges in life, especially subjective family support of adolescents.…”

“…Based on a functional model of social support processes ( Wills et al, 1992 ), family support allows adolescents to cope more with the usual challenges in life, especially subjective family support of adolescents. Subjective family support may be critical in improving adolescents’ ability to deal with various life stressors ( Chukwuorji et al, 2017 ; Manczak et al, 2018 ), which may lessen the adverse effect of negative life events on self-esteem and social behavior. In current research, we predicted that subjective family support can have a stress-moderating effect in relation to self-esteem and then deter antisocial behavior tendencies from developing.…”

Impact of Life Experiences and Use of Web 2.0 Tools in Adults and Older Adults

“…Moreover, most studies have focused on analyzing stressful life events, their negative consequences and the coping strategies employed to get over them, especially in the older population (Latorre et al, 2015; Randall et al, 2015; Lasgaard et al, 2016). These studies have identified a series of events that negatively affect mental health, well-being and quality of life, including illness, grief, loneliness, social problems, changes of residence and work or financial problems, among many others (Donoghue et al, 2016; Chukwuorji et al, 2017; Tveit-Sekse et al, 2019). For example, theoretical approaches to solitude have demonstrated that important life events such as the death of a loved one or divorce prompt changes in interpersonal relations, triggering or perpetuating feelings of loneliness (Lasgaard et al, 2016).…”