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The Upside of Negative Emotions: How Do Older Adults From Different Cultures Challenge Their Self-Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
von Humboldt, Sofia; Mendoza-Ruvalcaba, Neyda Ma; Arias-Merino, Elva Dolores; Ribeiro-Gonçalves, José Alberto; Cabras, Emilia; Low, Gail; Leal, Isabel.
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  • von Humboldt S; William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Mendoza-Ruvalcaba NM; Health Sciences Division, Universidad de Guadalajara CUTONALA, Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Arias-Merino ED; Department of Public Health, Universidad de Guadalajara CUCS, Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Ribeiro-Gonçalves JA; William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Cabras E; Departamento de Educación, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain.
  • Low G; Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  • Leal I; William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
Front Psychol ; 13: 648078, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35615171
Background and Objective: The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised increased challenges for older adults' personal growth in diverse cultural settings. The aim of this study was to analyze negative emotions and their role on older adults' self-growth in Mexico, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a cross-national qualitative research was carried out. Methods: Data were collected from 338 community-dwelling participants aged 65 years and older, using a semi-structured interview protocol. Older adults were asked about negative emotions that significantly contribute to their self-growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content analysis was used to identify key themes. Results: Seven main negative emotions (fear, sadness, anger, grief, boredom, loneliness, and shame) significantly contributed to seven themes of self-growth, across the samples: sharing difficult experiences with others, supportive partner, spiritual practices, engagement with life, generativity, volunteering activities, and intimacy and sexual satisfaction. Sharing difficult experiences with others was most pertinent to Mexican (13.9%) and to Italian (3.0%) participants, and a supportive partner to Portuguese (12.1%), and to Spanish participants (6.5%). Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that negative emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to their older adults' self-growth. This study highlighted the cultural diversity of experiences during the pandemics and underlined the upside of negative emotions and its relation to older adults' self-growth during this period.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal Pais de publicación: Suiza