Exam 37: Subjective Well-Being of Midlife and Older Women

What responsibilities are known to be the primary focus in the social construction of women's lives?

The Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC) model suggests successful aging can be achieved through the interplay of what three related strategies?

Most research has noted that women report slightly higher levels of life satisfaction and positive affect over the life course than men.

Older men have a higher prevalence of functional impairment than older women and experience greater dependency.

Middle-aged and older women often have more extensive social resources than men.

List three ways in which assuming caregiving responsibilities for dependent or infirm relatives can negatively impact the subjective well-being of the caregiver.

A drop in subjective well-being has been observed among the very old.

List three ways in which widowhood can affect the health of older women.

In the stress buffering model, positive well-being directly affects disease incidence, severity, recovery, and recurrence through various mediating behaviors and physiological responses.

Rowe and Kahn defined a multidimensional concept of successful or "ideal" aging as consisting of what three components?

List three sources of life strains in older women.

Analyses of life histories indicate women are at higher risk than men of experiencing numerous entry and exit transitions during middle and late adulthood.

Which of the following is a social indicator that has been used to assess subjective well-being?

In a study of older community residents and the activities that were meaningful to them, Strawbridge and Wallhagen noted that men scored higher than women on _____.

The Berlin Aging Study documented that the prevalence of chronic illness, frailty, and incapacity _____ after age 85 compared with those 70 to 84.