Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2017.53.3.336" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2017.53.3.336</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2017.53.3.336" target="_blank" >10.13060/00380288.2017.53.3.336</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Various explanations for longevity and mortality differences have been repeatedly tested and discussed in the context of worldwide population ageing. This study contributes to this fi eld of research by testing the potential of resilience as a capacity to adapt in the face of adversity through individual and social resources and is the fi rst European study to investigate how resilience predicts survival in later life. Panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe are used to determine the predictors of survival among people over the age of 75 between waves 1, 2, 4, and 5. The results of a multilevel logistic regression show that resilience is a strong predictor of survival among the oldest old and that this is true even when controlling for the amount and severity of adversity. Resilience is found on its own to be a stronger predictor of survival in women, while the amount and severity of adversity is more important in men. Resilience is therefore found to be an important factor in longevity and survival in later life and the stronger effect of resilience in women can partly explain the ‘gender paradox’. To sum up, resilience is observed to be protective against decease, especially through the use of social resources, which are stronger among women and which are not measured in most traditionally used resilience scales.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects

Popis výsledku anglicky

Various explanations for longevity and mortality differences have been repeatedly tested and discussed in the context of worldwide population ageing. This study contributes to this fi eld of research by testing the potential of resilience as a capacity to adapt in the face of adversity through individual and social resources and is the fi rst European study to investigate how resilience predicts survival in later life. Panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe are used to determine the predictors of survival among people over the age of 75 between waves 1, 2, 4, and 5. The results of a multilevel logistic regression show that resilience is a strong predictor of survival among the oldest old and that this is true even when controlling for the amount and severity of adversity. Resilience is found on its own to be a stronger predictor of survival in women, while the amount and severity of adversity is more important in men. Resilience is therefore found to be an important factor in longevity and survival in later life and the stronger effect of resilience in women can partly explain the ‘gender paradox’. To sum up, resilience is observed to be protective against decease, especially through the use of social resources, which are stronger among women and which are not measured in most traditionally used resilience scales.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Sociologický časopis

ISSN

0038-0288

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

53

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

369-392

Kód UT WoS článku

000407768200002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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