Perceptions of Living Alone Among Older Adult Women

Perceptions of living alone among older adult women.

This exploratory study examines older women's perceptions of living alone. Older adult women (N = 53) living alone were interviewed. Findings show tremendous variability in the perceptions of this sample. Whereas some women showed significant levels of loneliness and depression, many did not. Thirteen percent of the participants (n = 7) negatively perceived living alone, 49.1% (n = 26) neutrall...

Running Head: PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTHINESS AMONG FREE-LIVING WOMEN Perceptions of Food Healthiness among Free-Living Women

Living Alone and Depression Among Older Chinese Immigrants

This study examined the profiles of 147 Chinese elderly immigrants by living arrangement and the role that stress and coping resources played in explaining depressive symptoms in the volunter sample group who were recruited at senior centers and meal sites. Elderly Chinese Americans who lived alone, had higher levels of education, reported poorer health, experienced more stressful life events, ...

Perceptions of food healthiness among free-living women.

BACKGROUND Improving our understanding of food-related healthiness perception may be beneficial to assist those with eating- and weight-related problems. PURPOSE This study replicates and extends prior work by examining normative and person-specific predictors of the perceived healthiness of foods in a sample of free-living women. METHODS One hundred sixty-nine women from the community judg...

Perceptions of dietary supplements among older women with diabetes.

PURPOSE The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning of taking dietary supplements from the perspective of being an older woman with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Nine women over the age of 65 with type 2 diabetes participated in a single, in-depth semistructured interview that focused on use of, views of, and methods of hearing about supplements. Interviews were audiotaped, tr...