Examining the aging process through the stress-coping framework: application to driving cessation in later life

被引:35
作者
Choi, Moon [1 ]
Adams, Kathryn Betts [2 ]
Mezuk, Briana [1 ]
机构
[1] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Epidemiol & Community Hlth, Sch Med, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
[2] Case Western Reserve Univ, Mandel Sch Appl Social Sci, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
stress; coping; functional status; quality of life/well-being; dementia and cognitive disorders; INCREASED DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; OLDER-ADULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED-STATES; CRASH RISK; DRIVERS; HEALTH; PATTERNS; PEOPLE; IMPAIRMENT;
D O I
10.1080/13607863.2011.583633
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
The aging process is marked by a series of transitions that influence multiple domains of well-being. One important transition for older adults is the process of driving cessation. Numerous studies have examined risk factors for driving cessation among older adults to identify at-risk older drivers for road safety. Recent research has focused on the consequences of driving cessation in later life for health and well-being. However, these reports have been largely empirical and are not drawn from a defined conceptual framework. Establishing a theoretical model of 'how driving cessation interacts with other processes and domains of aging' will promote synthesis of seemingly disparate findings and also link the empirical research on cessation to the broader field of gerontology. This article describes a conceptual model for articulating and examining the components of the driving cessation process based on the stress-coping paradigm. This model situates driving cessation within the context of exogenous stressors, individual vulnerabilities and coping strategies, and environmental hazards and buffers over the lifespan. This model could assist in guiding intervention strategies aimed at reducing premature driving cessation in older drivers with ameliorable impairments while assisting at-risk older drivers to reduce or stop driving in a less stressful way.
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页码:75 / 83
页数:9
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