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Title: | Engagement with life and psychological well-being in late adulthood: Findings from community-based programs in Portugal | Authors: | Bastos, Alice Monteiro, Joana Barbosa, Raquel Pimentel, Helena Silva, Sofia Faria, Carla |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Public Library of Science | Project: | “This study is part of a research project supported by a grant (SAICT-POL/23712/2016; POCI-01-0145-FEDER-023712) from The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundac¸ão para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT; https://www.fct.pt) and the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program (Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizac¸ão; https:// www.compete2020.gov.pt) – European Union. The mentioned grant was attributed to a research project under the coordination of AB | Serial title, monograph or event: | PLoS ONE | Volume: | 18 | Issue: | 5 | Abstract: | Objectives Human aging is a multidirectional, multidimensional, and multicausal process that reflects biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences, which act in distinct combinations throughout the life-span. Proactivity towards avoiding the usual aging process is needed. This study analyses the long-term effects of participation in Community-Based Programs on psychological well-being. Method A sample of 150 community-dwelling participants enrolled in Community-Based Programs, aged 55 to 84 years and living in three Portuguese localities were matched by age (55–64, 65–74, 75–84 years), gender, and locality with a comparison group of non-participants. We administered a multidimensional gerontological protocol which included socio-demographic information, measures of health/disease, functional ability, social network, cognitive performance and psychological well-being. Hierarchical regression models were used to test the effects of Community-Based Programs on psychological well-being adjusting for remaining variables. Results Overall, psychological well-being is positively associated with household income and satisfaction with health. Nevertheless, in participants, psychological well-being builds predominantly upon social network and is not associated with a moderate inability or cognitive deficits, contrasting with psychological well-being in non-participants. After adjusting for background variables, psychological well-being was positively associated with health satisfaction and social network and negatively related to moderate inability. Further, a significant interaction of participation in Community-Based Programs with age, points out higher levels of psychological well-being in participants contrasting with a downward trend in non-participants. After stratification by age, psychological well-being increases with time attending Community-Based Programs in the oldest (75–84 years) contrasting with the remainder. Conclusions Participation in Community-Based Programs may improve the negative effects of the aging process on psychological well-being. This positive effect as age increases may be linked to a reinforcement of social network, valued more by participants in Community-Based Programs. Furthermore, the programs may act as a healing/maintenance strategy in persons with moderate inability and/or cognitive deficits. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113343 | ISSN: | 1932-6203 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0286115 | Rights: | openAccess |
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