In:
GeroPsych, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 30, No. 2 ( 2017-06), p. 61-70
Abstract:
Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1662-9647
,
1662-971X
DOI:
10.1024/1662-9647/a000168
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2539807-6
SSG:
5,2
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