Factors associated with self-perceptions of ageing among geriatric healthcare professionals : a study by the early career geriatricians initiative group of EuGMS
(2026) In European Geriatric Medicine- Abstract
Aim: To explore a set of psychosocial and behavioural correlates of self perceptions of aging among geriatric healthcare professionals. Findings: Higher psychological resilience was associated with lower perceptions of psychosocial loss and more favourable views of ageing as psychological growth, while subjective age showed a strong association with the interpretation of physical changes. Physical activity was linked to both psychosocial loss and physical change dimensions of ageing, indicating that behavioural engagement may be relevant to how ageing is perceived. Participants with academic postgraduate degrees showed more positive attitudes in psychological growth subdomain. Message: Geriatric medicine professionals’ self-perceptions... (More)
Aim: To explore a set of psychosocial and behavioural correlates of self perceptions of aging among geriatric healthcare professionals. Findings: Higher psychological resilience was associated with lower perceptions of psychosocial loss and more favourable views of ageing as psychological growth, while subjective age showed a strong association with the interpretation of physical changes. Physical activity was linked to both psychosocial loss and physical change dimensions of ageing, indicating that behavioural engagement may be relevant to how ageing is perceived. Participants with academic postgraduate degrees showed more positive attitudes in psychological growth subdomain. Message: Geriatric medicine professionals’ self-perceptions of aging are associated with internal psychosocial processes; particularly resilience and subjective age, along with behavioural engagement such as physical activity and professional factors, including academic degree, rather than by demographic or general lifestyle variables.
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- Çavdar, Sibel
; Kayhan Koçak, Fatma Ozge
; Piotrowicz, Karolina
; Okyar Baş, Arzu
; Zhu, Lin
; Salis, Francesco
; Cotobal Rodeles, Santiago
; Holst Andersen, Lene
; Ciccone, Andrea Sebastiano
; Bonnici, Maria
; Kotsani, Marina
; McKeown, William
and Ekdahl, Anne
LU
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- 2026
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- Contribution to journal
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- epub
- subject
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- Geriatric medicine, Lifestyle behaviours, Resilience, Self-perceptions of aging, Subjective age
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- European Geriatric Medicine
- publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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- pmid:41663873
- scopus:105029795156
- ISSN
- 1878-7649
- DOI
- 10.1007/s41999-026-01421-1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- c9d98280-a10a-4895-b4b5-6073a54e5b71
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abstract = {{<p>Aim: To explore a set of psychosocial and behavioural correlates of self perceptions of aging among geriatric healthcare professionals. Findings: Higher psychological resilience was associated with lower perceptions of psychosocial loss and more favourable views of ageing as psychological growth, while subjective age showed a strong association with the interpretation of physical changes. Physical activity was linked to both psychosocial loss and physical change dimensions of ageing, indicating that behavioural engagement may be relevant to how ageing is perceived. Participants with academic postgraduate degrees showed more positive attitudes in psychological growth subdomain. Message: Geriatric medicine professionals’ self-perceptions of aging are associated with internal psychosocial processes; particularly resilience and subjective age, along with behavioural engagement such as physical activity and professional factors, including academic degree, rather than by demographic or general lifestyle variables.</p>}},
author = {{Çavdar, Sibel and Kayhan Koçak, Fatma Ozge and Piotrowicz, Karolina and Okyar Baş, Arzu and Zhu, Lin and Salis, Francesco and Cotobal Rodeles, Santiago and Holst Andersen, Lene and Ciccone, Andrea Sebastiano and Bonnici, Maria and Kotsani, Marina and McKeown, William and Ekdahl, Anne}},
issn = {{1878-7649}},
keywords = {{Geriatric medicine; Lifestyle behaviours; Resilience; Self-perceptions of aging; Subjective age}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}},
series = {{European Geriatric Medicine}},
title = {{Factors associated with self-perceptions of ageing among geriatric healthcare professionals : a study by the early career geriatricians initiative group of EuGMS}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41999-026-01421-1}},
doi = {{10.1007/s41999-026-01421-1}},
year = {{2026}},
}