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Volunteering, Self-Perceptions of Aging, and Mental Health in Later Life
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Huo, Meng | - |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Lisa M. Soederberg | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Kyungmin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Siwei | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-23T05:30:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-23T05:30:45Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-10-12 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The Gerontologist, Vol.61 No.7, pp.1131-1140 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0016-9013 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/180112 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background and Objectives: Scholars argue that volunteering enhances social, physical, and cognitive activities that are increasingly valued as people age, which in turn improves older adults' well-being via a host of psychosocial and neurobiological mechanisms. This study explicitly tested older adults' self-perceptions of aging as a mechanism underlying the mental health benefits of volunteering. Research Design and Methods: Using 2-wave data from the Health and Retirement Study (2008/2010 for Wave 1 and 2012/2014 for Wave 2), we analyzed reports from a pooled sample of older adults aged 65 or older (N = 9,017). Participants reported on demographic characteristics, volunteer work (did not volunteer, 1-99 h/year, 100+ h/year), self-perceptions of aging, and depressive symptoms. We estimated an autoregressive cross-lagged panel model. Results: Volunteering for 100 h or more per year was associated with older adults' more positive and less negative self-perceptions of aging in the subsequent wave (i.e., 4 years later), which in turn predicted fewer depressive symptoms. Discussion and Implications: This study suggests the promising role of volunteering in shaping older adults' self-perceptions of aging on a sustained basis and refines our understanding of the benefits volunteering brings. Findings shed light on future interventions aimed at improving older adults' adjustment to age-related changes and lessening ageism in society. | - |
dc.language | 영어 | - |
dc.publisher | Gerontological Society of America | - |
dc.title | Volunteering, Self-Perceptions of Aging, and Mental Health in Later Life | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/geront/gnaa164 | - |
dc.citation.journaltitle | The Gerontologist | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000700103700018 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85116404141 | - |
dc.citation.endpage | 1140 | - |
dc.citation.number | 7 | - |
dc.citation.startpage | 1131 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 61 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Kim, Kyungmin | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
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