Journal
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages E38-E44Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa120
Keywords
Age differences; Anxiety; Coping; Pandemic
Funding
- College of Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Office of the Executive Vice President for Research at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Anxiety about developing COVID-19 may serve as a risk factor, while proactive coping may act as a resilience factor for older adults' COVID-19 stress when compared to younger adults.
Objectives: Older adults are at higher risk for death and infirmity from COVID-19 than younger and middle-aged adults. The current study examines COVID-19-specific anxiety and proactive coping as potential risk and resilience factors that may be differentially important for younger and older adults in understanding stress experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Five hundred and fifteen adults aged 20-79 years in the United States reported on their anxiety about developing COVID-19, proactive coping, and stress related to COVID-19 in an online survey. Results: Although there were no age differences in stress levels, anxiety about developing COVID-19 was associated with more COVID-19 stress for older adults relative to younger adults, but proactive coping was associated with less COVID-19 stress for older adults relative to younger adults. Discussion: Our results suggest that anxiety might function as a risk factor, whereas proactive coping may function as a resilience factor for older adults' COVID-19 stress. We
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