Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1177/01640275251341447
Luise Anter, Martin Fischer, Anna Sophie Kümpel
{"title":"Older Adults' Information Use on Social Media: The Role of Psychological Needs and Personality Traits.","authors":"Luise Anter, Martin Fischer, Anna Sophie Kümpel","doi":"10.1177/01640275251341447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251341447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how basic psychological needs and personality traits relate to the types of information that older adults use on social media platforms. Relying on a nationally representative survey of 1100 German Facebook and Instagram users aged 60+, it examines the relationship between three psychological needs-autonomy, competence, and relatedness-and four types of information use: undirected, topic-related, group-related, and problem-related. The study also explores associations with fear of missing out (FOMO), political interest, and openness to experience. Findings indicate that the need for relatedness and FOMO are key predictors of older adults' information use, emphasizing the social motivations behind their social media engagement. Notably, Facebook is more frequently used than Instagram across all types of information use. These insights provide a deeper understanding of the interactions between psychological needs, personality traits, and information behaviors among older adults, informing future research on their social media usage.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251341447"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the Indirect Effect of Dementia Caregiving Status on Mental Health Through Coping Resources.","authors":"Fei Wang, Kylie Meyer, Elliane Irani, Joana Okine, Namrata Mukherjee, Christina Marsack-Topolewski","doi":"10.1177/01640275251340031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251340031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Caregivers of older adults with dementia generally report poorer mental health than those caring for other chronic conditions. Research indicates that coping resources such as resilience and perceived gains can improve mental health. This study examined the indirect effects of dementia caregiving status on mental health through coping resources. Participants were 2242 caregivers of Medicare enrollees aged 65 and older from the 2017 National Study of Caregiving. Path analysis was conducted to examine the study aim. Dementia caregiving was associated with higher levels of resilience, which in turn, was associated with reduced psychological distress and increased psychological well-being. Perceived gains were negatively associated with psychological distress and positively associated with psychological well-being. The study highlighted resilience as a mechanism underlying differential mental health outcomes between dementia and non-dementia caregivers, as well as the role of perceived gains in enhancing well-being. Interventions should promote resilience and help caregivers recognize caregiving gains.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251340031"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1177/01640275251343107
Hyesu Yeo
{"title":"Older Worker's Job Search Activities and Employment Transition.","authors":"Hyesu Yeo","doi":"10.1177/01640275251343107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251343107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated job search patterns among American older workers. Data from the 2016-2018 Health and Retirement Study included 1501 individuals aged 50+ who were looking for jobs in 2016. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify job search patterns based on nine types of job search activities. Multinomial logistic regression was then used to examine membership in each class. Five job search patterns emerged from the LCA analysis, including No Ads, Ads only, Friends & Ads, Phone & Ads, and Agencies & Ads. Employment transitions were related to job search patterns. Unemployed older workers, despite utilizing more diverse job search methods, were less likely to secure new jobs compared to their employed peers. These findings highlight the need for workforce development programs to focus on workplace skill-building training and educational opportunities before becoming unemployed and age-friendly workforce development tailored to older workers with low-skilled and low income.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251343107"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1177/01640275251339996
Yun Qiu, Jingyu Bi, Shuzhuo Li, Zhen Cong
{"title":"Resilience Trajectories Among Older Adults With Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study in Anhui, China.","authors":"Yun Qiu, Jingyu Bi, Shuzhuo Li, Zhen Cong","doi":"10.1177/01640275251339996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251339996","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study applied Richardson's Resiliency Model to measure resilience in depressive symptoms among older adults with disabilities in rural China and examined its association with age-related and cohort-specific temporal effects using the Growth Curve Model to analyze resilience trajectories. We innovatively used propensity score matching to address confounding variables when calculating the resilience score. Data were derived from the Longitudinal Study of Older Adults in Anhui Province, China, with 3,672 observations from 2001 to 2021. The results revealed that 28.30 percent of rural older adults demonstrated resilience by maintaining or improving depressive symptoms post-disability onset. Resilience scores exhibited inverted U-shaped trajectories with increasing age. Similarly, resilience trajectories followed an inverted U-shape from the earlier cohort (born in 1924 or earlier) to the later cohort (born in 1950 or later). These insights into resilience trajectories can inform targeted policies and interventions, crucial as populations age and the prevalence of disability increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1640275251339996"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-19DOI: 10.1177/01640275251315849
Mengsha Luo
{"title":"The Time Divide: Daily Activity Patterns of Midlife and Older Adults in China.","authors":"Mengsha Luo","doi":"10.1177/01640275251315849","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275251315849","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study employs a holistic, cluster-based approach to comprehensively examine how daily activity patterns in mid- and later life vary by urban or rural residence and between men and women in China. Employing national time use data, activity patterns and variations by residence and gender were analyzed through sequence analysis, hierarchical clustering, and multinomial logistic regression models. It reveals six activity patterns among urban Chinese individuals, while their rural counterparts exhibit a similar yet distinct set of patterns, highlighting the structural characteristics of time and emphasizing the contrasting differences between rural and urban contexts. Moreover, this study uncovers notable gender disparities, with men more likely to be in paid labor and leisure-oriented clusters, while women tend towards clusters characterized by childcare and household responsibilities. This research provides a time-based perspective that contributes to understanding social stratification in China by examining the structural and heterogeneous nature of daily activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"266-281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1177/01640275241311952
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Is Transition to Retirement Associated With Volunteering? Longitudinal Evidence From Europe\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01640275241311952","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275241311952","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"331-332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12128183/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-11DOI: 10.1177/01640275251321172
Kaitlyn B Langendoerfer
{"title":"The Change is Personal: Perceptions of Neighborhood Decline Among African American Women Aging in Place.","authors":"Kaitlyn B Langendoerfer","doi":"10.1177/01640275251321172","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275251321172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the concerted effort to study neighborhoods and their effects, there has been less attention paid to the direct accounts of these processes from residents themselves. This study explores the narratives of older African American women who have aged in place within urban neighborhoods from childhood through later life. Data is utilized from six years of ethnographic observations within two community centers located in Cleveland, Ohio and in-depth, life history interviews with 12 African American women (Mean Age: 72.5). Inductive thematic analysis revealed three themes. These include perceptions related to <i>1) institutional decline, 2) changes in safety and crime and, 3) changes in neighborhood population.</i> The women's narratives highlight that change is deeply personal. Their perceptions of decline were connected to their biography and how the decline disrupted and re-shaped their daily routines. Studying perceptions of decline is important for better understanding personal experiences of place for under-represented older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"321-330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1177/01640275251315850
Ruotong Liu, Xiang Qi, Huabin Luo, Bei Wu
{"title":"Trajectory of Cognitive Decline Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups: The Role of Edentulism.","authors":"Ruotong Liu, Xiang Qi, Huabin Luo, Bei Wu","doi":"10.1177/01640275251315850","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275251315850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines whether age-related cognitive decline varies by race/ethnicity and how edentulism moderates these effects. Data from the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2020), including 23,669 respondents aged 51 and above across 189,352 person-wave observations were analyzed. Of all respondents, 13.4% were edentulous at baseline, with 65.4% identified as non-Hispanic White, 20.5% non-Hispanic Black, and 14.18% Hispanic. Results from linear mixed-effect models indicated that compared to non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black participants exhibited lower baseline cognition scores but slower cognitive decline with age. For edentulous Hispanic participants, this slower rate of decline was attenuated by 0.03 units per year (95% CI: -0.06, -0.01, <i>p</i> = .049). The findings highlighted the need for targeted interventions and policies to improve oral health, particularly for Hispanic populations. Addressing oral health disparities could help mitigate cognitive decline in this group and reduce cognitive health disparities across racial/ethnic groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"297-307"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12052477/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1177/01640275251315894
Maria A Monserud
{"title":"Social Leisure Activities and Cognitive Functioning among Married and Unmarried Older Men and Women in Mexico.","authors":"Maria A Monserud","doi":"10.1177/01640275251315894","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275251315894","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using data from Wave 5 (2018) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study, this research examines the implications of six social leisure activities for cognition among married and unmarried men and women in Mexico, while considering their physical health and depressive symptoms. The findings reveal some marital status and gender differences and similarities. This study indicates that church attendance and volunteering might be related to poorer cognition, whereas a training course, club participation, board games, and remote communication can provide cognitive benefits. Despite poor vision, poor hearing, and functional limitations, a training course, board games, and remote communication might be associated with better cognition. Yet, in case of poor hearing and depressive symptoms, volunteering, club participation, and board games might be linked to poorer cognition. The insights from this study can help develop intervention programs for improving later-life cognitive functioning through social leisure participation, particularly among individuals with deteriorating health.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"282-296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1177/01640275241310518
Christian E Vazquez, Sunshine Rote, Felipe Antequera, Alberto Cabrera, Phillip Cantu, Jacqueline L Angel
{"title":"Cohort and Gender Differences in Stability Over Five Years Among Mexican-Origin Caregivers to Older Adults Living With Cognitive Impairment.","authors":"Christian E Vazquez, Sunshine Rote, Felipe Antequera, Alberto Cabrera, Phillip Cantu, Jacqueline L Angel","doi":"10.1177/01640275241310518","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275241310518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study examines cohort (i.e., Generation X, Baby Boomers, and Silent Generation) and gender differences in the stability of Mexican-origin family caregivers over time. The data comes from Mexican-origin caregivers to community-dwelling older adults living in the west and southwestern United States from the Caregiving Supplement to the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (2010/11-2016). Multinomial logistic regressions with interaction and predicted probabilities demonstrate that female caregivers are more consistent in their caregiving role over male caregivers in every cohort over the two time points (RRR = 0.67; 95% CI = [0.01-0.38]). Among men, predicted probabilities indicate more caregivers from Baby Boomer (.17) and Generation X (0.12) cohorts remain in the caregiver role compared to Silent Generation (.07). The findings suggest that gendered expectations may be changing as male caregivers increase in their provision of family care. Future research should consider generational diversity in Hispanic caregiving experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"255-265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11912514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}