Productive Engagement and Late Life Physical and Mental Health

Author:

Hinterlong James E.1,Morrow-Howell Nancy2,Rozario Philip A.3

Affiliation:

1. College of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee

2. Center for Social Development, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

3. School of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

Abstract

This study examines the association between engagement in productive roles and the physical and mental health of adults aged 60 and over. We present secondary analyses of data from three waves of the Americans' Changing Lives Study ( n = 1,644). Self-rated health, functional impairment, and depressive mood were regressed on measures of engagement during the previous 12 months using generalized estimating equations, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and health measures at the previous wave. Five productive roles were included: paid worker, irregular paid worker, unpaid volunteer, caregiver, and provider of informal social assistance. The findings reveal that being engaged in at least one productive role and the total role number are associated with better self-rated health and less functional impairment but not depressive mood. There is no effect of hours of engagement. The findings illuminate productive engagement as an important, but not necessarily causal, pathway to health in late life.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Health(social science),Social Psychology

Reference67 articles.

1. Multiple Roles and Physical Health among Older Adults

2. Multiple Roles and Psychological Well-being in a National Sample of Older Adults

3. Bass, S.A. 1995. Older and Active: How Americans Over 55 Are Contributing to Society. Pp. 302. Chelsea, MI: BookCrafters & Yale University .

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3