Mental health and social connectedness across the adult lifespan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
| dc.contributor.author | Gregory, Madeline A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Legg, Nicole K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Senay, Zachary | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barden, Jamie-Lee | |
| dc.contributor.author | Phiri, Peter | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rathod, Shanaya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Turner, Brianna J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paterson, Theone S. E. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-23T22:50:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-23T22:50:46Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2021 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | The authors would like to thank the rest of our research team for their assistance, including Reina Stewart, Brooke Lagore, and Jennifer Reeves. The authors would also like to thank Julie Prud’homme for her help with French language translations. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound consequences on collective mental health and well-being, and yet, older adults appear better off than younger adults. The current study examined mental health impacts of the pandemic across adult age groups in a large sample (n = 5,320) of Canadians using multiple hierarchical regression analyses. Results suggest older adults are experiencing better mental health and more social connectedness relative to younger adults. Loneliness predicted negative mental health outcomes across all age groups, while the negative association between social support and mental health was only significant at average and high levels of loneliness in the 65–69 age group. Results point towards differential mental health impacts of the pandemic across adult age groups and indicate that loneliness and social support may be key intervention targets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research should further examine mechanisms of resiliency among older Canadian adults during the pandemic. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (with partner funding from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research) and by the British Columbia Ministry of Health. MAG is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. NKL is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and should not be construed to represent the views of any of the sponsoring organizations, agencies, or the Federal or Provincial Governments. None of the aforementioned funding agencies had any role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gregory, M. A., Legg, N. K., Senay, Z., Barden, J.-L., Phiri, P., Rathod, S., Turner, B. J., & Paterson, T. S. E. (2021). “Mental health and social connectedness across the adult lifespan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 40(4), 554-569. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000477 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000477 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13750 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement | en_US |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject | pandemic | |
| dc.subject | mental health | |
| dc.subject | lifespan | |
| dc.subject | loneliness | |
| dc.subject | social support | |
| dc.subject | aging | |
| dc.subject.department | Department of Psychology | |
| dc.title | Mental health and social connectedness across the adult lifespan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |