Life challenges and resilience: the role of perceived personality continuity.

CONCLUSION: A late life strength, older adults report higher self-functioning overall. Challenges negatively relate to self-functioning across age groups, but younger adults' self-esteem is more vulnerable. When having faced challenges, older adults' perceived personality continuity is critical to positive current self-functioning.
PMID: 32691607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Aging and Mental Health - July 20, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sharma S, Åkerlund H, Liao HW, Bluck S Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research