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Intergenerational relationships after parental divorce: variations by levels of family solidarity. 父母离婚后的代际关系：家庭团结水平的变化。

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European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00849-x

Zafer Buyukkececi

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Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education. 糟糕的社会心理工作环境：通往退休的门票？性别和教育的差异。

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European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00855-z

Harpa S Eyjólfsdóttir, Tale Hellevik, Katharina Herlofson, Axel West Pedersen, Carin Lennartsson, Marijke Veenstra

{"title":"Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education.","authors":"Harpa S Eyjólfsdóttir, Tale Hellevik, Katharina Herlofson, Axel West Pedersen, Carin Lennartsson, Marijke Veenstra","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00855-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-025-00855-z","url":null,"abstract":"Many countries, including Norway, are implementing policies to delay retirement and encourage older workers to remain in the labour market. Improving psychosocial working conditions may motivate older workers to continue working. While research has linked psychosocial working characteristics to retirement intentions and work exit, there is a knowledge gap regarding gender and socioeconomic differences in these influences. This study investigates the impact of psychosocial working characteristics on employment exit among older workers, examining variations by gender and educational attainment. Data were drawn from the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing, and Generation study (NorLAG) collected in 2007 and 2017 (N = 2,065) linked to income register data for four subsequent years. Time-to-event analyses revealed that poorer psychosocial working environment increased the likelihood of employment exit. For women, low autonomy was significant, while for men significant associations were found for high job stress, low job variety, lack of appreciation, limited learning opportunities, accumulation of poor job resources, and job strain. Interaction analysis showed only significant gender differences for few learning opportunities and poor job resources. Separate analyses stratified by educational attainment showed no significant association for those with compulsory education, while those with higher levels of education were more likely to retire if faced with low job variety, low autonomy, and poor job resources-yet interaction analysis showed no significant differences. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at delaying retirement should consider gender and socioeconomic differences, providing older workers with more control over their tasks and equitable access to learning opportunities and resources.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022190/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144046621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults. 离家距离与工作记忆：社区居住老年人的日常联系随邻里环境的变化。

IF 3.7 2区社会学

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00841-5

Minxia Luo, Eun-Kyeong Kim, Robert Weibel, Mike Martin, Christina Röcke

{"title":"Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults.","authors":"Minxia Luo, Eun-Kyeong Kim, Robert Weibel, Mike Martin, Christina Röcke","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00841-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00841-5","url":null,"abstract":"Out-of-home mobility and neighborhood environment have been, respectively, shown to be associated with older adults' cognitive abilities and they may have combined effects. Adopting an ecological perspective to mobility-cognition associations, this study examined daily maximum distance from home in relation to daily working memory performance in community-dwelling older adults and the moderation effect of neighborhood environments. Analyses included data over 947 days from 109 Swiss older adults aged 65 to 89 years. Over two weeks, participants wore a custom-built mobile GPS tracker and completed a smartphone-based numerical memory updating task seven times per day. Daily maximum distance from home was extracted from the GPS data. Neighborhood environments were assessed with the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale at baseline. Multilevel models showed that maximum distance from home was not associated with working memory performance, but there were cross-level moderation effects of neighborhood environments. Daily maximum distance from home was positively (vs. negatively) associated with daily working memory performance in participants who lived in neighborhoods with more (vs. fewer) places for walking and cycling and higher (vs. lower) land use mix-diversity. Out-of-home mobility and neighborhood environment could have combined effects on older adults' cognitive abilities. Neighborhoods with more places for walking and biking or having a higher mixture of land use could enhance a positive association between traveling a far distance from home and working memory performance.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11972263/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Parenthood and life satisfaction in older age: examining the moderating role of social norms and economic vulnerability. 父母身份与老年生活满意度：社会规范和经济脆弱性的调节作用。

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European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00853-1

Matthias Pollmann-Schult

{"title":"Parenthood and life satisfaction in older age: examining the moderating role of social norms and economic vulnerability.","authors":"Matthias Pollmann-Schult","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00853-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00853-1","url":null,"abstract":"Research on the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction has revealed mixed results, with older parents reporting higher life satisfaction than older nonparents in some countries but not in others. This study investigates whether the link between parenthood and life satisfaction among individuals aged 60 years and older systematically varies across countries. Drawing on the theoretical premise that country-specific factors influence both the benefits of parenthood and the psychological costs of childlessness, the study examines the roles of pronatalist norms, filial elder-care norms, and the economic conditions of older individuals in shaping the life satisfaction gap between parents and nonparents. The study analyzes European Social Survey data on 114,513 individuals aged 60 years and older in 32 European countries using multilevel regression models. The results show that the life satisfaction gap between parents and nonparents is positively related to the strength of pronatalist norms and the level of economic vulnerability among older people. In contrast, elder-care norms are not uniformly linked to the magnitude of the life satisfaction gap. However, a particularly large life satisfaction gap was observed in countries with both high levels of economic vulnerability and strong elder-care norms. These findings suggest that the extent to which parenthood affects the life satisfaction of older individuals strongly depends on societal context.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11971083/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Challenging aged care stigma through communication: discursive responses to stigmatising discourses about aged care work and implications for workers' mental health. 通过沟通挑战老年护理污名：对老年护理工作污名化话语的话语反应及其对工人心理健康的影响。

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European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00844-2

Asmita V Manchha, Ken Tann, Kïrsten A Way, Michael Thai

{"title":"Challenging aged care stigma through communication: discursive responses to stigmatising discourses about aged care work and implications for workers' mental health.","authors":"Asmita V Manchha, Ken Tann, Kïrsten A Way, Michael Thai","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00844-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00844-2","url":null,"abstract":"Occupational stigma can negatively impact aged care workers' (ACWs) mental health. This mixed-methods study investigates whether ACWs who challenge stigmatising discourses, through communication, experience reduced psychological costs of aged care stigma. We screened 184 ACWs' discursive responses and tested for differences in ACWs' mental health between those who challenge stigma and those who do not. A discourse approach was further employed to examine recurring language patterns in 'challenge' discursive responses. ACWs (n = 95) who discursively challenged stigmatising discourses reported lower internalised occupational stigma and psychological distress than those who did not challenge stigma (n = 89). These workers chose to infuse positive value into negative evaluations about ACWs and aged care work. Overall, findings suggest that ACWs may spontaneously challenge occupational stigma, through their discursive responses, which may proactively protect their mental health. We offer practical implications for challenging stigma, including developing guidelines, training, and language-based interventions.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11968573/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Maintaining a young self-concept: Feeling young or shifting age thresholds? 保持年轻的自我概念：感觉年轻还是改变年龄门槛？

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European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00851-3

Fiona S Rupprecht, M Clara P de Paula Couto, Klaus Rothermund, Jana Nikitin

{"title":"Maintaining a young self-concept: Feeling young or shifting age thresholds?","authors":"Fiona S Rupprecht, M Clara P de Paula Couto, Klaus Rothermund, Jana Nikitin","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00851-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00851-3","url":null,"abstract":"In the face of prevailing negative views on old age, aging individuals try to maintain the self-concept of a young person. They may do so by feeling younger than they are or by shifting the threshold of old age. According to the dual-process theory of developmental regulation, the former represents an assimilative coping process, whereas the latter represents an accommodative coping process. In the present work, we investigated the usage of those two processes across various life domains (e.g., family, work, and leisure). We hypothesized that individuals try to maintain a young self-concept particularly in those domains they view as important for themselves. We furthermore expected older adults to rely more strongly on shifting the threshold of old age in personally important domains (= accommodative response) and younger adults to rely more strongly on feeling young in personally important domains (= assimilative response). We investigated these hypotheses in a cross-sectional sample of 768 individuals aged 30 to 80 years. Analyses were conducted in a multilevel framework with the life domains nested within individuals. Our hypotheses were confirmed. Participants protected a young self-concept selectively in domains that were important to them. Younger adults felt particularly young in self-relevant domains, whereas older adults selectively chose higher old age thresholds in self-relevant domains. Both processes may allow individuals to protect their self-concept and to dissociate themselves from the stigmatized identity of an old person. Results also shed light on the idealization of being young in our society.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11968622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Optimizing cognitive interventions to improve real-world function for healthy older adults. 优化认知干预以改善健康老年人的现实功能。

IF 3.7 2区社会学

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00852-2

Rachel Wu, Tania M Rodriguez, Bethany P Tavenner, Isadora Farias Lopes de Queiroz, Walter Boot, Jeanine Parisi, Michelle Carlson, Martin Lövdén, Margaret E Beier, Alan Gow

{"title":"Optimizing cognitive interventions to improve real-world function for healthy older adults.","authors":"Rachel Wu, Tania M Rodriguez, Bethany P Tavenner, Isadora Farias Lopes de Queiroz, Walter Boot, Jeanine Parisi, Michelle Carlson, Martin Lövdén, Margaret E Beier, Alan Gow","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00852-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00852-2","url":null,"abstract":"Healthy aging requires acquiring new functional skills for adaptation in a dynamic environment. Cognitive interventions with older adults have largely focused on improving broad cognitive abilities, aiming for transfer to functional effects. By contrast, interventions focusing directly on acquiring new functional skills can address current real-world issues, including the need for reskilling and reducing the digital divide, especially for underserved communities. In doing so, we may better understand how aspects of age-related learning and cognitive and functional decline may be due to suboptimal learning circumstances rather than senescence. In this opinion paper, we highlight key aspects for designing long-lasting, real-world interventions to improve functional skills, and potentially transfer to cognitive effects, for older adults. This approach could help build more inclusive theories of cognitive aging, while progressing the field toward developing more effective and useful interventions.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11930899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The association between physical multimorbidity and fall-related injury among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries. 低收入和中等收入国家年龄≥50岁的成年人身体多病与跌倒相关损伤之间的关系

IF 3.7 2区社会学

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00848-y

Lee Smith, Guillermo F López Sánchez, Jae Il Shin, Hans Oh, Karel Kostev, Mark A Tully, Yvonne Barnett, Laurie T Butler, Nicola Veronese, Pinar Soysal, Louis Jacob, Ai Koyanagi

{"title":"The association between physical multimorbidity and fall-related injury among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries.","authors":"Lee Smith, Guillermo F López Sánchez, Jae Il Shin, Hans Oh, Karel Kostev, Mark A Tully, Yvonne Barnett, Laurie T Butler, Nicola Veronese, Pinar Soysal, Louis Jacob, Ai Koyanagi","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00848-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00848-y","url":null,"abstract":"Studies from high-income countries have shown that multimorbidity is associated with increased fall risk among older adults. However, studies specifically on this topic from low- and middle-income counties (LMICs) are lacking. Thus, we aimed to assess this association among adults aged ≥ 50 years from six LMICs.Cross-sectional, community-based data from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) were analyzed. Eleven chronic physical conditions were assessed. The presence of past 12-month fall-related injury was ascertained through self-reported information. Multivariable logistic regression and mediation analysis was conducted to assess the association between multimorbidity and fall-related injury.Data on 34,129 adults aged ≥ 50 years [mean (SD) age 62.4 (16.0) years; males 48.0%] were analyzed. Overall, compared to having no chronic conditions, having 2, 3, and ≥ 4 chronic conditions were significantly associated with 1.67 (95%CI = 1.21-2.30), 2.64 (95%CI = 1.89-3.68), and 3.67 (95%CI = 2.42-5.57) times higher odds for fall-related injury. The association between multimorbidity (i.e., ≥ 2 chronic conditions) and fall-related injury was mainly explained by pain/discomfort (mediated% 39.7%), mobility (34.1%), sleep/energy (24.2%), and cognition (13.0%).Older adults with multimorbidity in LMICs are at increased odds for fall-related injury. Targeting the identified potential mediators among those with multimorbidity may reduce fall risk in this population.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923311/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Household members' positive personality traits and age stereotypes do not predict perceived expectations for active aging. 家庭成员的积极人格特质和年龄刻板印象不能预测积极老龄化的感知期望。

IF 3.7 2区社会学

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00850-4

Sonja Radoš, Maria K Pavlova, Klaus Rothermund, Rainer K Silbereisen

{"title":"Household members' positive personality traits and age stereotypes do not predict perceived expectations for active aging.","authors":"Sonja Radoš, Maria K Pavlova, Klaus Rothermund, Rainer K Silbereisen","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00850-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00850-4","url":null,"abstract":"The household represents a proximal social context whose members can convey various expectations to each other, including expectations for active aging. We used a nationally representative sample (N = 2007, aged 16-94 years) to investigate the household predictors of perceived expectations for active aging (PEAA, i.e., \"activation demands\" targeting individuals as older adults) in three domains: physical health, mental health, and social engagement. We considered household members' dispositional optimism, conscientiousness, age stereotypes, and the life goal of civic engagement. A set of preregistered multiple regression analyses indicated that, irrespective of age, household members' life goal of civic engagement had a positive effect on individual PEAA in the social engagement domain, which disappeared upon controlling for the respective individual life goal. In middle-aged and older adults, household members' conscientiousness unexpectedly had a significantly negative effect on individual PEAA in the physical health domain. Neither household members' dispositional optimism nor their domain-specific age stereotypes had significant associations with individual PEAA. Our findings suggest that household members' mindsets and attitudes play a limited role in predicting PEAA of individuals from the same household.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923321/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do publicly funded community physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults in Ireland work? 爱尔兰公共资助的中老年人社区体育活动项目是否有效？

IF 3.7 2区社会学

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-025-00847-z

Enrique García Bengoechea, Catherine B Woods

{"title":"Do publicly funded community physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults in Ireland work?","authors":"Enrique García Bengoechea, Catherine B Woods","doi":"10.1007/s10433-025-00847-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10433-025-00847-z","url":null,"abstract":"To strengthen practice-based evidence, pragmatic, yet rigorous, evaluation of real-world programs is necessary. This study sought to add to the evidence for the effectiveness of physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults offered by publicly funded local sports partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland. We analysed data from 468 individuals aged 50 + years, who took part in the Move for Life cluster randomised feasibility trial. Outcomes were accelerometer-based moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), light intensity physical activity (LiPA), standing time, and sedentary time; self-reported compliance with physical activity guidelines, body composition, physical function, and mental well-being. LSP programs included Women on Wheels/Bike for Life, Go for Life Games, Get Ireland Walking, and Men on the Move. We used a difference-in-differences approach to estimate program effects. We found evidence of positive program effects on accelerometer-derived MVPA (Women on Wheels/Bike for Life, Get Ireland Walking), LiPA (Go for Life Games), and sedentary time (Women on Wheels/Bike for Life, Go for Life Games) (p < .05), plus evidence of positive effects on self-reported physical activity for all LSP programs (p < .05). We did not find evidence of program effects on body composition. Outcomes related to physical function were mixed. Men on the Move was the only program where mental well-being scores increased significantly relative to the control group. Despite sample size limitations, the results support the effectiveness of LSP programs over a 6-month period, notably in terms of energy expenditure outcomes, while identifying areas for improvement regarding outcomes related to body composition, physical function and, particularly, mental well-being.","PeriodicalId":47766,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Ageing","volume":"22 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11920450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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