Positive attitude about aging makes one more resilient to stress

Older adults with a positive attitude about aging may be more resilient to stress, according to a new study. "Previous research has generally found the same thing - that a more positive attitude is beneficial," coauthor Jennifer Bellingtier, of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, said. "People with positive attitudes are less likely to be hospitalised and tend to live longer," she told Reuters. The researchers had 43 adults, ages 60 to 96, answer questions about their experience with aging, such as on feeling more or less useful now than when they were younger, or more or less happy. Then, on a daily basis for eight days, participants completed questionnaires that asked about stressful events and negative emotions like fear, irritability or distress. As reported August 3 in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, people with more positive attitudes about aging generally tended to report consistent emotional states across the eight-day period, regardless of stressors. But among those with more negative attitudes, emotions fluctuated depending on their stressors. For older adults, stress often centres on relations with family or friends, while for younger people it may...

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