Resiliency amid the COVID-19 pandemic: engagement in meaningful activities as a mediator between coping ability and depressive symptoms among older adults
Good coping ability may help older people sustain good mental well-being. With good coping ability, active engagement in meaningful activities contributed to the low level of depressiveness during the early phases of the pandemic, when many social activities were restricted.
Authors
- Katja Kokko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-2080)
- Katja Pynnönen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-153X)
- Sini Siltanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-1341)
- Taina Rantanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-1945)
- Erja Portegijs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5205-9616)
- Katja Lindeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0863-3916)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum (FI)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Aging & Mental Health
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2403567
- Primary Topic
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Tampereen Yliopisto
- Jyväskylän Yliopisto
- HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council