Factors associated with self-perceptions of ageing among geriatric healthcare professionals: a study by the early career geriatricians initiative group of EuGMS
European Geriatric Medicine, cilt.17, sa.3, ss.1243-1261, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s41999-026-01421-1
- Dergi Adı: European Geriatric Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1243-1261
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Self-perceptions of aging, Resilience, Lifestyle behaviours, Geriatric medicine, Subjective age
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.