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Aging in Place: Connections, Relationships, Social Participation and Social Support in the Face of Crisis Situations

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  • Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis

    (Social Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Mauricio Blanco-Molina

    (School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, National University, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica)

  • Raúl Ortega-Moreno

    (School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, National University, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica)

Abstract

Objectives: We seek to identify active coping strategies used by older adults to face the pandemic and to deal with daily stressors, and to clarify which factors had an effect on stress, positive emotions and depression in active and healthy community-dwelling older adults in the first and second year of the pandemic in Costa Rica. Methods: Participants were living in their own homes in Costa Rica ( n = 218, mean age 69.96, 82.1% women). Participants were interviewed by phone and answered an online survey, which included socio-demographic information, mental health variables such as stressors (perceived health and fear of COVID-19, illness, perception of pandemic gravity), loneliness (whether they felt lonely and how often they felt lonely), access to Information and Communication Technologies, socio-emotional coping variables, social participation and physical activity level during the pandemic. Results: Positive socio-emotional indicators related to well-being such as self-efficacy, social support, perceived health and proactive behavior were high. Negative well-being indicators such as perceived stress, emotional COVID-19 fear and loneliness showed low values in the sample studied during both years. We found significant relations across the dependent variables (perceived stress, positive emotions and depression) by studying the psychological well-being coping strategies. Conclusions: Findings highlight the importance of coping strategies and social participation in the capacity of older adults to mitigate the negative psychological consequences of crisis situations and provide evidence of “aging in place”.

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  • Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis & Mauricio Blanco-Molina & Raúl Ortega-Moreno, 2022. "Aging in Place: Connections, Relationships, Social Participation and Social Support in the Face of Crisis Situations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-14, December.
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