Hope and Adaptation to Old Age: Their Relationship with Individual-Demographic Factors |
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Authors: | Despina Moraitou Chrysa Kolovou Chrysa Papasozomenou Catherine Paschoula |
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Institution: | (1) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Samakoviou 14, 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between hope as disposition, adaptation to old age, and individual-demographic factors.
One hundred and fifty older adults, aged 60–93 years old, completed the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale developed by Snyder
et al. 1991, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, pp. 570–585], and the Adaptation to Old Age Questionnaire
developed by Efklides et al. 2003, European Psychologist, 8, pp. 178–191]. Factor analyses revealed 2 factors for hope, “Pathways
Thought” and “Agency Thinking”, and 4 factors for adaptation to old age, “Health Comparison”, “General Adaptation/Self-Efficacy”,
“Self-Control”, and “Generativity”. Regression analyses showed that hope as pathways thought predicted all factors of adaptation,
whereas hope as agency thinking predicted only “General Adaptation/Self-Efficacy” and “Self-Control”. There were also some
effects of gender, education, marital status, place of residence, and health status on specific aspects of adaptation to old
age. |
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Keywords: | adaptation to old age hope individual differences |
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