TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual, Community, and National Resiliencies and Age
T2 - Are Older People Less Resilient than Younger Individuals?
AU - Eshel, Yohanan
AU - Kimhi, Shaul
AU - Lahad, Mooli
AU - Leykin, Dmitry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Objectives The resilience of older and younger Israelis was investigated. Design and Setting A representative sample of the Jewish population in Israel (N = 1,022) was used. Participants The participants were three adult age-groups (18–35, 36–64, and 65+ years). Half of them were women, and they evenly represented left-wing and right-wing political attitudes. Measurements Resilience was measured by the ratio of strength and vulnerability of the individual, the community, and the nation. Results Older participants did not differ from younger people in sense of danger; reported lower level of distress symptoms; and showed higher individual, community, and national resilience scores based on strength to vulnerability ratio, compared with younger individuals. Conclusions These data support the contention that older Israelis are more resilient than younger cohorts. Their long direct or indirect experience with wars and terror attacks has not decreased their resilience, and has perhaps even strengthened it.
AB - Objectives The resilience of older and younger Israelis was investigated. Design and Setting A representative sample of the Jewish population in Israel (N = 1,022) was used. Participants The participants were three adult age-groups (18–35, 36–64, and 65+ years). Half of them were women, and they evenly represented left-wing and right-wing political attitudes. Measurements Resilience was measured by the ratio of strength and vulnerability of the individual, the community, and the nation. Results Older participants did not differ from younger people in sense of danger; reported lower level of distress symptoms; and showed higher individual, community, and national resilience scores based on strength to vulnerability ratio, compared with younger individuals. Conclusions These data support the contention that older Israelis are more resilient than younger cohorts. Their long direct or indirect experience with wars and terror attacks has not decreased their resilience, and has perhaps even strengthened it.
KW - community resilience
KW - individual resilience
KW - national resilience
KW - old age
KW - terrorism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84990834305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.03.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 27160987
AN - SCOPUS:84990834305
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 24
SP - 644
EP - 647
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -