Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging systemic approaches on resilience propose that a person's or group's adaptability to significant stress relies on a network of interdependent resources. However, little knowledge exists on systemic resilience in older survivors of early-life adversity (ELA) and how ELA affects their resource network in later life.

Objective

This study investigated how ELA may be linked to the interplay of resources and stress-related risk factors in later life.

Research design and methods

Data from N = 235 older adults (M _age = 70.43 years; 46.40% female) were assessed. Half the participants were affected by ELA through compulsory social measures and placements in childhood, and/or adolescence ("risk group"). The other half were age-

SUBMITTER: Thoma MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7705246 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature