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Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults

BACKGROUND: Emerging systemic approaches on resilience propose that a person’s or group’s adaptability to significant stress relies on a network of interdependent resources. However, little knowledge exists on systemic resilience in older survivors of early-life adversity (ELA) and how ELA affects t...

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Autores principales: Thoma, Myriam V., Höltge, Jan, Eising, Carla M., Pfluger, Viviane, Rohner, Shauna L.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33281572
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969
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author Thoma, Myriam V.
Höltge, Jan
Eising, Carla M.
Pfluger, Viviane
Rohner, Shauna L.
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Pfluger, Viviane
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description BACKGROUND: Emerging systemic approaches on resilience propose that a person’s or group’s adaptability to significant stress relies on a network of interdependent resources. However, little knowledge exists on systemic resilience in older survivors of early-life adversity (ELA) and how ELA affects their resource network in later life. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated how ELA may be linked to the interplay of resources and stress-related risk factors in later life. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from N = 235 older adults (M(age) = 70.43 years; 46.40% female) were assessed. Half the participants were affected by ELA through compulsory social measures and placements in childhood, and/or adolescence (“risk group”). The other half were age-matched, non-affected participants (“control group”). Using psychometric instruments, a set of resilience-supporting resources in later life and current stress indices were assessed. Regularized partial correlation networks examined the interplay of resources in both groups, whilst also considering the impact of stress. RESULTS: Both groups demonstrated only positive resource interrelations. Although the control group showed more possible resource connections, the groups did not significantly differ in the overall strength of connections. While group-specific resource interrelations were identified, self-esteem was observed to be the most important resource for the network interconnectedness of both groups. The risk group network showed a higher vulnerability to current stress. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Network analysis is a useful approach in the examination of the complex interrelationships between resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adulthood.
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spelling pubmed-77052462020-12-03 Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults Thoma, Myriam V. Höltge, Jan Eising, Carla M. Pfluger, Viviane Rohner, Shauna L. Front Behav Neurosci Neuroscience BACKGROUND: Emerging systemic approaches on resilience propose that a person’s or group’s adaptability to significant stress relies on a network of interdependent resources. However, little knowledge exists on systemic resilience in older survivors of early-life adversity (ELA) and how ELA affects their resource network in later life. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated how ELA may be linked to the interplay of resources and stress-related risk factors in later life. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from N = 235 older adults (M(age) = 70.43 years; 46.40% female) were assessed. Half the participants were affected by ELA through compulsory social measures and placements in childhood, and/or adolescence (“risk group”). The other half were age-matched, non-affected participants (“control group”). Using psychometric instruments, a set of resilience-supporting resources in later life and current stress indices were assessed. Regularized partial correlation networks examined the interplay of resources in both groups, whilst also considering the impact of stress. RESULTS: Both groups demonstrated only positive resource interrelations. Although the control group showed more possible resource connections, the groups did not significantly differ in the overall strength of connections. While group-specific resource interrelations were identified, self-esteem was observed to be the most important resource for the network interconnectedness of both groups. The risk group network showed a higher vulnerability to current stress. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Network analysis is a useful approach in the examination of the complex interrelationships between resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adulthood. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7705246/ /pubmed/33281572 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969 Text en Copyright © 2020 Thoma, Höltge, Eising, Pfluger and Rohner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Thoma, Myriam V.
Höltge, Jan
Eising, Carla M.
Pfluger, Viviane
Rohner, Shauna L.
Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title_full Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title_fullStr Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title_full_unstemmed Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title_short Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults
title_sort resilience and stress in later life: a network analysis approach depicting complex interactions of resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adults
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33281572
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969
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