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How Do Late Adults Experience Meaning During the COVID-19 Lockdown? The Role of Intrinsic Goals

Late adults differ in the degree to which their mental health is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, with interindividual differences in their capacity to mobilize coping resources playing an important role. Therefore, the search for inner sources of resilience is important to understand late adults’ a...

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Autores principales: Vermote, Branko, Morbée, Sofie, Soenens, Bart, Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Waterschoot, Joachim, Beyers, Wim, Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37293323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00657-z
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Morbée, Sofie
Soenens, Bart
Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Waterschoot, Joachim
Beyers, Wim
Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene
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Morbée, Sofie
Soenens, Bart
Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Waterschoot, Joachim
Beyers, Wim
Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene
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description Late adults differ in the degree to which their mental health is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, with interindividual differences in their capacity to mobilize coping resources playing an important role. Therefore, the search for inner sources of resilience is important to understand late adults’ adaptation to this crisis. Based on Goal Content Theory, a mini-theory within the broader Self-Determination Theory, this study aimed to examine whether older adults’ valuation and attainment of intrinsic goals represent such a source of resilience. Intrinsic goals would form a solid foundation to experience a sense of meaning during this crisis, which, in turn, relates to higher well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and vitality) and lower ill-being (i.e., symptoms of depression, anxiety, and loneliness). During the second month of the lockdown period in Belgium, 693 older adults (Mage = 70.06, SD = 4.48, range: 65–89 years, 62.1% female) filled out online questionnaires concerning the study variables. Structural equation modeling showed that intrinsic goal attainment and goal importance related positively to experiences of meaning in life which, in turn, were related to higher levels of well-being and lower levels of ill-being. No evidence was found for an interaction effect between intrinsic goal attainment and goal importance. Supporting late adults’ pursuit and attainment of meaningful intrinsic goals relates to their well-being and may potentially strengthen their resilience in times of crisis.
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spelling pubmed-101571362023-05-09 How Do Late Adults Experience Meaning During the COVID-19 Lockdown? The Role of Intrinsic Goals Vermote, Branko Morbée, Sofie Soenens, Bart Vansteenkiste, Maarten Waterschoot, Joachim Beyers, Wim Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene J Happiness Stud Research Paper Late adults differ in the degree to which their mental health is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, with interindividual differences in their capacity to mobilize coping resources playing an important role. Therefore, the search for inner sources of resilience is important to understand late adults’ adaptation to this crisis. Based on Goal Content Theory, a mini-theory within the broader Self-Determination Theory, this study aimed to examine whether older adults’ valuation and attainment of intrinsic goals represent such a source of resilience. Intrinsic goals would form a solid foundation to experience a sense of meaning during this crisis, which, in turn, relates to higher well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and vitality) and lower ill-being (i.e., symptoms of depression, anxiety, and loneliness). During the second month of the lockdown period in Belgium, 693 older adults (Mage = 70.06, SD = 4.48, range: 65–89 years, 62.1% female) filled out online questionnaires concerning the study variables. Structural equation modeling showed that intrinsic goal attainment and goal importance related positively to experiences of meaning in life which, in turn, were related to higher levels of well-being and lower levels of ill-being. No evidence was found for an interaction effect between intrinsic goal attainment and goal importance. Supporting late adults’ pursuit and attainment of meaningful intrinsic goals relates to their well-being and may potentially strengthen their resilience in times of crisis. Springer Netherlands 2023-05-04 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10157136/ /pubmed/37293323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00657-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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