Predictors of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Adherence: Mixed-Methods Research With a Convergent Parallel Design.

Background: Few studies have examined the effect of baseline attitudes toward nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) on its actual adherence in a smoking cessation intervention.

Purpose: This study (i) examined the predictability of baseline variables (quantitative data) on NRT adherence and (ii) explored the congruence of participants' statements about NRT products (qualitative data) during counseling sessions with their baseline attitudes.

Methods: This is a mixed-methods research study using a convergent parallel design.

Lifetime Violence, Lifetime Discrimination, and Microaggressions in the Lives of LGBT Midlife and Older Adults: Findings from Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study.

There is a dearth of research on violence and adverse experiences among LGBT midlife and older adults. The goal of this article was to present tailored measures and investigate the relationship between adverse experiences, health, and age. Based on the Health Equity Promotion Model, we examined lifetime violence, lifetime discrimination, and contemporary microaggressions among LGBT adults, aged 50 and older, utilizing data from Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study.

Longitudinal Dyadic Associations Between Loneliness and Cognition Among Older Couples in the United States.

Objectives: Loneliness is associated with diminished health and cognition for older individuals. However, little research has examined dyadic loneliness-that is, loneliness of both partners in a relationship-and its potential consequences for cognitive functioning among both spouses, nor whether one partner's cognition may affect both partners' loneliness over time.

Methods: We analyze 3-wave dyadic Health and Retirement Study data (2010-2020; N = 1,061 dyads) to determine (a) whether loneliness predicts participants' own and/or their partners' episodic memory and verbal fluency over 8 years, and (b) whether cognitive functioning predicts older spouses' own or their partners' loneliness over the same period.

Association of Chronic Diseases and Functional Limitations with Subjective Age: The Mediating Role of Sense of Control.

Objectives: This study examined the relationships between chronic diseases, functional limitations, sense of control, and subjective age. Older adults may evaluate their subjective age by reference to their younger healthier selves and thus health and functional status are likely to be determinants of subjective age. Although sense of control is also a potential predictor of subjective age, stress-inducing factors associated with disease and functional limitations may reduce older adults' sense of control, making them feel older.

Understanding the Role of Virtual Outreach and Programming for LGBT Individuals in Later Life.

Due to health disparities LGBT older adults may have more health care needs, but they are likely to have less informal sources of support. While efforts have been made to serve LGBT older adults, traditional forms of in person outreach and service may still be inaccessible to those living in rural areas, with restricted mobility, due to lack of transportation, during inclement weather, or in public health situations as the Covid-19 pandemic. We conducted focus group discussions to understand the role of virtual outreach in serving LGBT individuals' needs in their later years of life.

Assessing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Introducing the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey.

Background And Objectives: This study introduces a theoretical framework for assessing age inclusivity in higher education environments and describes the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey (ICCS). The ICCS measures age-friendly campus practices as reported by administrators, perceptions of age-friendliness by campus constituents, and the fit between objective practices and subjective perceptions as an overall indicator of age inclusivity.

Research Design And Methods: The ICCS was administered at a public university in the northeastern United States.

Assessing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Introducing the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey (ICCS).

Background And Objectives: This study introduces a theoretical framework for assessing age inclusivity in higher education environments and describes the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey (ICCS). The ICCS measures age-friendly campus practices as reported by administrators, perceptions of age friendliness by campus constituents, and the fit between objective practices and subjective perceptions as an overall indicator of age inclusivity.

Research Design And Methods: The ICCS was administered at a public university in the northeastern United States.

Diagnoses of Chronic Health Conditions and Change in Subjective Age: The Moderating Role of Chronological Age.

Background And Objectives: Health is a predictor of subjective age, and although inconclusive, the strength of this association is not uniform across different age groups. This study investigates if new diagnoses of chronic health conditions are associated with a change in subjective age and if chronological age moderates this relationship.

Research Design And Methods: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, residualized change regression analysis was performed for a sample of 5,158 respondents older than 50 years to examine their subjective age in 2014 relative to that reported in 2010.