Everyday functioning and successful aging: the impact of resources.

Baltes MM, Lang F (1997)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Journal

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Book Volume: 12

Pages Range: 433-43

Volume: 12

Issue: 3

Journal Issue: 3

Abstract

The goal of this article is to examine differential aging in everyday functioning between resource-rich and resource-poor older adults. Four groups of older adults were identified on the basis of 2 distinct resource factors: a Sensorimotor-Cognitive factor and a Social-Personality factor. The resource-richest group consisted of those participants who were above the median in both factors; those falling below the median in both factors comprised the resource-poorest group; and 2 additional groups consisted of older adults who were above the median in either 1 of the 2 factors. At the level of mean differences, the 4 groups differed in the length of the waking day, the variability in activities, the frequency of intellectual-cultural and social-relational activities, and resting times. Considering age differences there are more and larger negative age effects in the resource-poorest group than in the resource-richest one. The metamodel of selective optimization with compensation is used to interpret the findings.

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APA:

Baltes, M.M., & Lang, F. (1997). Everyday functioning and successful aging: the impact of resources. Psychology and Aging, 12(3), 433-43.

MLA:

Baltes, Margret M., and Frieder Lang. "Everyday functioning and successful aging: the impact of resources." Psychology and Aging 12.3 (1997): 433-43.

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