Dispositional optimism and health behaviour in community‐dwelling older people: Associations with healthy ageing

Steptoe, Andrew; Wright, Caroline; Kunz-Ebrecht, Sabine; Iliffe, Steve

doi:10.1348/135910705x42850

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“…In particular Steptoe et al [48] in a sample of males and females aged between 65 -80 years found that optimism was correlated with healthy behaviours such as abstaining from smoking, moderate consumption of alcohol, the habit of walking briskly and regular physical activity, regardless of demographical factors, current psycho-physical conditions and body mass.…”

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Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being

Conversano¹,

Rotondo²,

Lensi³

et al. 2010

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Many studies have been carried out about the effectiveness of optimism as a psychological phenomenon, leading to various theoretical formulations of the same concept, conceptualized as "disposition", "attributional style", "cognitive bias", or "shared illusion". This overview is an attempt to explore the "optimism" concept and its relations with mental health, physical health, coping, quality of life and adaptation of purpose, health lifestyle and risk perception.Positive and negative expectations regarding the future are important for understanding the vulnerability to mental disorders, in particular mood and anxiety disorders, as well as to physical illness. A significant positive relation emerges between optimism and coping strategies focused on social support and emphasis on positive aspects of stressful situations. Through employment of specific coping strategies, optimism exerts an indirect influence also on the quality of life. There is evidence that optimistic people present a higher quality of life compared to those with low levels of optimism or even pessimists. Optimism may significantly influence mental and physical well-being by the promotion of a healthy lifestyle as well as by adaptive behaviours and cognitive responses, associated with greater flexibility, problem-solving capacity and a more efficient elaboration of negative information.

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Section: Optimism Health Lifestyle and Risk Per-ceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being

Conversano¹,

Rotondo²,

Lensi³

et al. 2010

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“…Therefore, no differences have been found between respondents, which is probably caused by the attitude of both sexes to preventive health measures following from the given developmental stage, when most of them feel in very good physical condition and do not feel the need to care about prevention, which requires a considerable amount of self-regulation, since these activities need to be performed regularly and long-term (Harris & Jenkins, 2006;Steptoe, Wright, Kunz-Ebrecht, & Iliffe, 2006).…”

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Health behavior in the context of perceived social support in late adolescence

Burešová

Cahová²

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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The presented study is a part of a grant research project: "Health-enhancing and health-threatening behavior: determinants, models and consequences" (n° 13-19808S). It follows up on the results of foreign research on possible connections between health behavior and the perceived level of social support. The primary aim was to identify the key components of health behavior in the developmental stage of late adolescence, map their relation to perceived social support and to explore if there are also some possible significant gender differences in health behavior or in perceived social support of adolescents which would be projected into their health behavior. The quantitative research design based on one-time questionnaire survey was used to carry out the research. Health behavior was assessed by the Health behavior scale, and the level of social support was assessed by the Close relationships and social support scale. The research file contained 825 adolescents aged 15-19 years (the average age was 16.89 years and the median was 17 years); there was a slight predominance of women (457 − 55.4%) over men (368 − 44.6%). By carrying out factor analysis of Health behavior scale, 4 factors explaining the 35.2% of the overall spread were extracted and they were named as: 1. Healthy eating; 2. Health protection; 3. Positive thinking; and 4. Illness prevention. In most of these factors, statistically significant gender differences were found, which are reflected in the reported health behavior. The results have demonstrated that two of the identified components of health behavior − Positive thinking and Illness prevention − are in a positive manner statistically significantly related to the level of perceived social support. Also differences in perceived social support in the given developmental stage have been mapped, and the highest level of social support has been found in 18-year-old respondents. The results of the study highlight the importance of future research in the area of studying the mechanism of impact that perceived social support has on the reported health behavior and the changes of this relationship in ontogeny.

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“…According to preceding studies that investigated factors related to endocrine diseases, a high level of education was a protective factor against endocrine disorders, and, in contrast, a low level of education increased the risk of endocrine disorders [1]. Moreover, in elderly people, not only was there a relationship between health-promoting living habits and subjective health status and were socio-demographic variables, such as education, major variables of living habits [22], but the elderly with subjectively good health also practice positive living habits more [23], which demonstrates that the results of preceding studies support those of this study.…”

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“…One of the biggest difficulties in old age is health problems [1]. Among them, endocrine disorders, such as diabetes, are known as typical old-age chronic diseases [2].…”

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“…In addition, since practical management must be performed by the patient themselves even when the treatment is in progress, complications should be prevented or postponed through www.ijacsa.thesai.org elimination of risk factors and sustained management [1]. Therefore, a vital theme in maintaining health in old age is determining complex factors related to old-age endocrine disorders and predicting high-risk groups.…”

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Development of Prediction Model for Endocrine Disorders in the Korean Elderly Using CART Algorithm

Byeon¹

2015

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Abstract-The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to analyze the factors that affect endocrine disorders in the Korean elderly. The data were taken from the A Study of the Seoul Welfare Panel Study 2010. The subjects were 2111 people (879 males, 1,232 females) aged 60 and older living in the community. The dependent variable was defined as the prevalence of endocrine disorders. The explanatory variables were gender, level of education, household income, employment status, marital status, drinking, smoking, BMI, subjective health status, physical activity, experience of stress, and depression. In the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) algorithm analysis, subjective health status, BMI, education level, and household income were significantly associated with endocrine disorders in the Korean elderly. The most preferentially involved predictor was subjective health status. The development of guidelines and health education to prevent endocrine disorders is required for taking multiple risk factors into account.

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Dispositional optimism and health behaviour in community‐dwelling older people: Associations with healthy ageing

Abstract: We conclude that dispositional optimism is associated with healthy ageing. The relationship between optimism and healthy ageing was only partly mediated by the health behaviours assessed in this sample.

Cited by 180 publications

References 45 publications

Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being

Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being

Health behavior in the context of perceived social support in late adolescence

Development of Prediction Model for Endocrine Disorders in the Korean Elderly Using CART Algorithm

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