Publications by authors named "Joanna H Hong"

Accumulating studies have documented strong associations between a higher sense of control and improved health and well-being outcomes. However, less is known about the determinants of increased sense of control. Our analysis used data from 13,771 older adults in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)-a diverse, longitudinal, and national study of adults aged >50 in the United States.

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  • * Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, researchers found that changes in physical activity, mental health, and social connections led to lower levels of loneliness four years later.
  • * Findings suggest that subjective health and social perceptions are more influential on loneliness compared to objective health measures, highlighting areas for potential intervention.
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The detrimental effects of loneliness and social isolation on health and well-being outcomes are well documented. In response, governments, corporations, and community-based organizations have begun leveraging tools to create interventions and policies aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation at scale. However, these efforts are frequently hampered by a key knowledge gap: when attempting to improve specific health and well-being outcomes, decision-makers are often unsure whether to target loneliness, social isolation, or both.

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Sense of control (i.e. one's beliefs about their ability to influence life circumstances) has been linked to various psychological outcomes.

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Importance: Researchers and policy makers are expanding the focus from risk factors of disease to seek potentially modifiable health factors that enhance people's health and well-being. Understanding if and to what degree aging satisfaction (one's beliefs about their own aging) is associated with a range of health and well-being outcomes aligns with the interests of older adults, researchers, health systems, and politicians.

Objectives: To evaluate associations between changes in aging satisfaction and 35 subsequent health and well-being outcomes.

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Accumulating research indicates robust associations between sense of control and salutary health and well-being outcomes. However, whether change in sense of control is associated with subsequent outcomes has been under-evaluated. Participants (N = 12,998) were from the Health and Retirement Study-a diverse, nationally representative, and longitudinal sample of U.

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The current study examined how perceptions of change in life satisfaction vary by age and culture. Perceptions of past, present, and future life satisfaction were examined in adults aged 33-79 from the Midlife in the United States Study ( = 4,803) and from the Survey of Midlife in Japan ( = 974). Both cultures exhibited the same age-related pattern of change in perceptions of life satisfaction.

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