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Niklas Ehrhardt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Out-of-Home Mobility and Social Participation of Older People: a Photo-Based Ambulatory Assessment Study
Journal of Population Ageing, 2020Co-Authors: Daniela Kahlert, Niklas EhrhardtAbstract:Research has shown that Social Participation contributes to older people’s healthy ageing. Out-of-home mobility may promote higher levels of Social Participation among older people. However, mobility and Social Participation are sophisticated constructs. Social Participation can be distinguished among different levels, such as being alone, being alone surrounded by others, interacting with others or engaging in activities together. Social Participation and time spent in out-of-home-mobility can be difficult to remember and therefore difficult to assess. Picture-based ambulatory assessment provides valid and reliable information about people’s mobility as well as their level of Participation with high ecological validity. The aim of the study was to investigate older people’s level of Social Participation and its association with high or low out-of-home mobility. In sum, 23072 pictures (mean per person = 2307; SD = 686.7) involving ten older people (mean age = 75.4 years; SD = 7.5 years) living in southwestern Germany were analysed. They were asked to wear a wearable camera for two consecutive days. Images were automatically captured every 15 seconds. Image analysis shows that study participants spent most of their time alone (at approximately 35% of analysed time). Out-of-home mobility was associated with higher levels of Social Participation, such as helping others (chi^2 = 200,664, df = 5, p
Daniela Kahlert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Out-of-Home Mobility and Social Participation of Older People: a Photo-Based Ambulatory Assessment Study
Journal of Population Ageing, 2020Co-Authors: Daniela Kahlert, Niklas EhrhardtAbstract:Research has shown that Social Participation contributes to older people’s healthy ageing. Out-of-home mobility may promote higher levels of Social Participation among older people. However, mobility and Social Participation are sophisticated constructs. Social Participation can be distinguished among different levels, such as being alone, being alone surrounded by others, interacting with others or engaging in activities together. Social Participation and time spent in out-of-home-mobility can be difficult to remember and therefore difficult to assess. Picture-based ambulatory assessment provides valid and reliable information about people’s mobility as well as their level of Participation with high ecological validity. The aim of the study was to investigate older people’s level of Social Participation and its association with high or low out-of-home mobility. In sum, 23072 pictures (mean per person = 2307; SD = 686.7) involving ten older people (mean age = 75.4 years; SD = 7.5 years) living in southwestern Germany were analysed. They were asked to wear a wearable camera for two consecutive days. Images were automatically captured every 15 seconds. Image analysis shows that study participants spent most of their time alone (at approximately 35% of analysed time). Out-of-home mobility was associated with higher levels of Social Participation, such as helping others (chi^2 = 200,664, df = 5, p
Kristy A Anderson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social Participation among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013Co-Authors: Gael I Orsmond, Paul T Shattuck, Benjamin P Cooper, Paul R Sterzing, Kristy A AndersonAbstract:Investigating Social Participation of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is important given the increasing number of youth aging into young adulthood. Social Participation is an indicator of life quality and overall functioning. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, we examined rates of Participation in Social activities among young adults who received special education services for autism (ASD group), compared to young adults who received special education for intellectual disability, emotional/behavioral disability, or a learning disability. Young adults with an ASD were significantly more likely to never see friends, never get called by friends, never be invited to activities, and be Socially isolated. Among those with an ASD, lower conversation ability, lower functional skills, and living with a parent were predictors of less Social Participation.
Gael I Orsmond - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social Participation among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013Co-Authors: Gael I Orsmond, Paul T Shattuck, Benjamin P Cooper, Paul R Sterzing, Kristy A AndersonAbstract:Investigating Social Participation of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is important given the increasing number of youth aging into young adulthood. Social Participation is an indicator of life quality and overall functioning. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, we examined rates of Participation in Social activities among young adults who received special education services for autism (ASD group), compared to young adults who received special education for intellectual disability, emotional/behavioral disability, or a learning disability. Young adults with an ASD were significantly more likely to never see friends, never get called by friends, never be invited to activities, and be Socially isolated. Among those with an ASD, lower conversation ability, lower functional skills, and living with a parent were predictors of less Social Participation.
Camille B Wortman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effect of widowhood on older adults Social Participation an evaluation of activity disengagement and continuity theories
Gerontologist, 2002Co-Authors: Deborah Carr, Randolph M Nesse, Camille B WortmanAbstract:Purpose: This study evaluated how levels of Social Participation change as a result of late-life widowhood. Social Participation is a multidimensional construct incorporating both formal (e.g., meeting attendance, religious Participation, and volunteer obligations) and informal (e.g., telephone contact and Social interactions with friends) Social roles. Design and Methods: Using data from the Changing Lives of Older Couples study, analyses compared widowed persons to continuously married control participants to evaluate whether widowhood affects older adults’ levels of Social Participation. Results: Widowed persons had higher levels of informal Social Participation than nonwidowed persons, whereas formal Social Participation levels were comparable between the two groups. Social Participation levels decrease before the death of a spouse, primarily because of poor spousal health, and increase following the loss, because of increased support from friends and relatives. Implications: Maintaining continuity in the realm of Social Participation is a strategy older adults use to cope with spousal loss; however, not all widowed persons have the same resources to alter their levels of Social Participation.
