The Relationships among Aging Stereotypes, Aging Anxiety, Social Support, Religiosity, and Expected Health among Colombians

Título traducido de la contribución: Las Relaciones entre los Estereotipos del Envejecimiento, la Ansiedad del Envejecimiento, el Apoyo Social, la Religiosidad y la Salud Esperada entre los Colombianos

Luisa Fernanda Ramirez Rueda, Ximena Palacios Espinosa

Resultado de la investigación: Documento de Trabajo

Resumen

A medida que la población envejece en Colombia, el cuidado de los adultos mayores recae no sólo en la familia, sino también en la comunidad, incluyendo amigos y organizaciones religiosas. Si bien hay muy poca investigación sobre el envejecimiento en Colombia, es cada vez más urgente entender el papel del apoyo social a la creciente población de la tercera edad. Se realizaron dos estudios con una muestra de la comunidad en Bogotá, Colombia. En un estudio piloto, desarrollamos una medida de estereotipos positivos y negativos de los adultos mayores. En el estudio principal con participantes de entre 54 y 83 años de edad, exploramos las relaciones entre el apoyo a los estereotipos positivos y negativos, la ansiedad sobre el envejecimiento, la salud física y mental percibida y esperada, y las expectativas de apoyo social. Encontramos que la falta percibida de apoyo social y los estereotipos negativos predicen significativamente más ansiedad hacia el envejecimiento, mientras que las evaluaciones positivas de la propia salud mental predicen menos ansiedad. Sorprendentemente, las mayores expectativas de apoyo social predicen más ansiedad por el envejecimiento. A su vez, la ansiedad por el envejecimiento y los estereotipos positivos predijeron evaluaciones de la salud mental (pero no física). Además, las evaluaciones más deficientes de la salud física, la ansiedad por el envejecimiento y los estereotipos negativos (aunque sólo marginalmente) predicen significativamente mayores expectativas de apoyo social. Se discuten las implicaciones de los hallazgos.
Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas47-68
Número de páginas41
Volumen72
EstadoPublished - 2016

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Social Support
Stereotyping
Anxiety
Colombia
Health
Mental Health
Ageism
Population
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Ramirez Rueda, Luisa Fernanda ; Palacios Espinosa, Ximena. / The Relationships among Aging Stereotypes, Aging Anxiety, Social Support, Religiosity, and Expected Health among Colombians. 1. ed. 2016. pp. 47-68
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Resultado de la investigación: Documento de Trabajo

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