Anna P Nieboer1, Thijs van den Broek2, Jane M Cramm2. 1. Department of Socio-Medical Sciences, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. nieboer@eshpm.eur.nl. 2. Department of Socio-Medical Sciences, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the extent to which persistent differences in self-rated health (SRH) between older immigrants and natives are attributable to negative and positive ageing perceptions. METHODS: The study was conducted with three population groups in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: native Dutch people aged ≥70 years (n = 1150), Turkish immigrants aged ≥65 years (n = 680) and Moroccan immigrants aged ≥65 years (n = 292). To assess participants' internal ageing representations, we used the short Aging Perceptions Questionnaire, which distinguishes negative (consequences, chronic and cyclical timeline awareness, and emotional representations) and positive (positive consequences, positive and negative control) dimensions and has been validated in native and immigrant populations. We analysed differences in ageing perceptions between immigrants and natives and the associations of ageing perceptions with SRH. We used Karlson-Holm-Breen decomposition to assess ageing perceptions' mediation of the relationship between migration background and SRH. RESULTS: Older immigrants had stronger negative and weaker positive ageing perceptions (excepting the positive consequences of ageing) than did Dutch natives. Ageing perceptions mediated the relationship between migration background and SRH. SRH differences between Turkish immigrants and native Dutch older persons were explained mainly by differences in negative consequences and cyclical timeline awareness. SRH differences between Moroccan immigrants and native Dutch older persons were attributable mainly to differences in negative consequences and positive control. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in positive and negative ageing perceptions between older immigrants and natives in the Netherlands largely explained SRH differences between these population groups.
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the extent to which persistent differences in self-rated health (SRH) between older immigrants and natives are attributable to negative and positive ageing perceptions. METHODS: The study was conducted with three population groups in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: native Dutch people aged ≥70 years (n = 1150), Turkish immigrants aged ≥65 years (n = 680) and Moroccan immigrants aged ≥65 years (n = 292). To assess participants' internal ageing representations, we used the short Aging Perceptions Questionnaire, which distinguishes negative (consequences, chronic and cyclical timeline awareness, and emotional representations) and positive (positive consequences, positive and negative control) dimensions and has been validated in native and immigrant populations. We analysed differences in ageing perceptions between immigrants and natives and the associations of ageing perceptions with SRH. We used Karlson-Holm-Breen decomposition to assess ageing perceptions' mediation of the relationship between migration background and SRH. RESULTS: Older immigrants had stronger negative and weaker positive ageing perceptions (excepting the positive consequences of ageing) than did Dutch natives. Ageing perceptions mediated the relationship between migration background and SRH. SRH differences between Turkish immigrants and native Dutch older persons were explained mainly by differences in negative consequences and cyclical timeline awareness. SRH differences between Moroccan immigrants and native Dutch older persons were attributable mainly to differences in negative consequences and positive control. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in positive and negative ageing perceptions between older immigrants and natives in the Netherlands largely explained SRH differences between these population groups.
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Keywords:
Ageing perception; Immigrant; Native; Netherlands; Self-rated health
Authors: Corinna E Löckenhoff; Filip De Fruyt; Antonio Terracciano; Robert R McCrae; Marleen De Bolle; Paul T Costa; Maria E Aguilar-Vafaie; Chang-kyu Ahn; Hyun-nie Ahn; Lidia Alcalay; Juri Allik; Tatyana V Avdeyeva; Claudio Barbaranelli; Veronica Benet-Martinez; Marek Blatný; Denis Bratko; Thomas R Cain; Jarret T Crawford; Margarida P Lima; Emília Ficková; Mirona Gheorghiu; Jamin Halberstadt; Martina Hrebícková; Lee Jussim; Waldemar Klinkosz; Goran Knezević; Nora Leibovich de Figueroa; Thomas A Martin; Iris Marusić; Khairul Anwar Mastor; Daniel R Miramontez; Katsuharu Nakazato; Florence Nansubuga; V S Pramila; Anu Realo; Jean-Pierre Rolland; Jerome Rossier; Vanina Schmidt; Andrzej Sekowski; Jane Shakespeare-Finch; Yoshiko Shimonaka; Franco Simonetti; Jerzy Siuta; Peter B Smith; Barbara Szmigielska; Lei Wang; Mami Yamaguchi; Michelle Yik Journal: Psychol Aging Date: 2009-12