Optimism and Coping Strategies Among Caucasian, Korean, and African American Older Women

• Published in: Health care for women international Vol. 34; no. 12; pp. 1084 - 1096
• Main Authors: Lee, HeeSoon, Mason, Derek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adaptation to change; Adaptation, Psychological; African Americans - psychology; African-Americans; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Americas; Analysis of Variance; Asian Americans - psychology; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Asian-Americans; Coping; Elderly; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Female; Females; Health; Health Problems; Health Status; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Mental stress; Middle Aged; Nursing; Old age; Optimism; Problem Solving; Psychology; Quality of Life; Social Environment; Socioeconomic Factors; Stress; Stress, Psychological - ethnology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Women; Women's health; United States; United States > US

Coping strategies and optimism have significant effects on the health of older women. Culture affects coping behaviors used to deal with stress. We examined the relationship between optimism and coping strategies used to manage daily stress and health among community-dwelling Caucasian, Korean Ameri...