Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 14, 2020

“We’re staying at home”. Association of self-perceptions of aging, personal and family resources and loneliness with psychological distress during the lock-down period of COVID-19

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  • A cross-sectional survey of 1,310 Spanish people evaluated stress and loneliness against demographic factors, such as age and sex. The authors found that negative self-perceptions of aging and lower age, together with family and personal resources, are associated with loneliness and psychological distress, but that older adults with positive self-perceptions of aging seem to be more resilient.

Losada et al. (April 13, 2020). “We’re staying at home”. Association of self-perceptions of aging, personal and family resources and loneliness with psychological distress during the lock-down period of COVID-19. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa048