Testing a model of biopsychosocial successful aging based on socioemotional selectivity theory in the second half of life

Soylu, Cem; Ozekes, Banu Cengelci

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“…It adopts a life course gendered perspective which can contribute to a greater understanding of social development in later life. Our study adds to the understanding of what impacts social networks in later life, which were recently shown to be related to mental health resilience (Hopper et al, 2023), living conditions (van der Velpen et al, 2022, and time perspective (Soylu and Ozekes, 2022). We add an examination of life course factors, in addition to the more prevalent focus on later life factors.…”

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Employment over the life course and post-retirement social networks: a gendered perspective

Cohn‐Schwartz

Naegele

2023

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Objectives: The present study examines how different lifelong employment patterns are related to social relationships in old age, and whether there are gender differences in the impact of lifelong employment patterns. Designs and participants: The study was based on data collected among European adults as part of the Health, Aging and Retirement Survey in Europe (SHARE) and focuses on retired adults. Measurements: The study combines data on social relationships, collected in 2015, with retrospective data on employment history (number of jobs and years of employment) collected in 2017. Results: The findings show that adults who worked in more jobs had overall better structural characteristics of their later life networks – they had larger social networks and were more likely to include children and friends within those networks but less likely to include their spouse. On the other hand, working in more jobs was related to less emotional closeness with the network. These results varied between men and women; women who were involved in the labor market over their life had larger social networks and tended to include friends as confidants. Among men, working for more years was related to higher emotional closeness with the social network. Conclusions: The study may indicate a gendered pattern of social advantages and disadvantages to involvement in the labor market over the work course. Practitioners should consider the lifelong employment of adults to identify those who might be at risk of social isolation.

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Employment over the life course and post-retirement social networks: a gendered perspective

Cohn‐Schwartz

Naegele

2023

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Rethinking the measurement of time horizons in the context of socioemotional selectivity theory

Chu

Carstensen

2023

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Investigating determinants of middle-aged and elderly users' video-creating intention on short-video platforms from a lifespan development perspective

Wang

Yan

Zhang

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PurposeMiddle-aged and elderly users become an important group on short-video platforms, however, the research on determinants of their video-creating intention is limited. Based on lifespan development theories, this study examines the impact of aging experiences on their video-creating intention, considering internal generative motivations as mediators and age as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachTo test this study’s hypotheses, survey data from 321 Chinese middle-aged and elderly short-video users were collected and partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was used to analyze these data.FindingsMiddle-aged and elderly users' aging experiences of social loss and personal growth are positively related to their video-creating intention. Aging experiences (i.e. physical loss, social loss, and personal growth) are positively related to internal generative motivations (i.e. need to be needed and symbolic immortality), and need to be needed is positively related to video-creating intention. Via the mediation of need to be needed, physical loss and personal growth are indirectly positively related to video-creating intention. Personal growth strengthens the relationship between physical loss and symbolic immortality, but weakens the associations of social loss with need to be needed and symbolic immortality. Age weakens the relationship between symbolic immortality and video-creating intention.Originality/valueThis study is the first wave to introduce and integrate lifespan theories such as selective optimization with compensation model, socioemotional selectivity theory, and generativity theory to explore the impacts of aging experiences on middle-aged and elderly users' video-creating intention by considering generativity motivations as mediators and age as a moderator.

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Testing a model of biopsychosocial successful aging based on socioemotional selectivity theory in the second half of life

Cited by 4 publications

References 57 publications

Employment over the life course and post-retirement social networks: a gendered perspective

Employment over the life course and post-retirement social networks: a gendered perspective

Rethinking the measurement of time horizons in the context of socioemotional selectivity theory

Investigating determinants of middle-aged and elderly users' video-creating intention on short-video platforms from a lifespan development perspective

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