Resilience and Protective Factors in Older Adults

<p>Evidence suggests resilience promotes successful aging in place and protective factors promote resilience. This study sought to investigate whether or not the combination of three protective factors, physical health, social support, and self-efficacy are all of equal importance in predicting resilience among Marin County older adults, or if some individual protective factors have a greater impact on resilience than the others. Fifty-eight participants ages 62 and higher were recruited from senior community programs and personal contacts. Four self-report questionnaires were completed by the participants in this exploratory, cross-sectional, quantitative design. SPSS was used for a descriptive and multivariate analyses to investigate the relationship between the key variables. Of the three protective factors combined, self-efficacy was the greatest predictor of resilience R2 = .279, F(3,48) = 6.207, p < .01; B = 1.735, β = .495, p < .01. The remaining protective factors both were found to predict self-efficacy, physical health (R2 = .312, F(2,51) = 11.55, p < .001; B= .588, β = .356, p < .01) and social support (R2 = .312, F(2,51) = 11.5, p < .001; B= .756, β = .317, p < .05). In conclusion, self-efficacy is an important predictor of resilience in older adults. Social support and physical health support self-efficacy. Incorporation of physical activity and social participation during occupational therapy intervention will increase self-efficacy, and therefore, increase resilience.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Occupational Therapy

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Occupational Therapy

Year dc:date.available

2018

Authors dc:creator

• McClain, Jessica
• Gullatt, Katelyn
• Lee, Caroline

Contributors dc:contributor

• Susan Morris, PhD, OTR/L
• Susan LeBlanc MS, OTR/L

• resilience
• successful aging
• older adults
• protective factors
• self-efficacy
• physical health
• social support
• aging in place
• actively aging
• geriatrics
• occupational therapy
• OT

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/masters-theses/296

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:masters-theses-1305