Feeling needed: Effects of a randomized generativity intervention on well-being and inflammation in older women.

ABSTRACT: Generativity, or concern for and contribution to the well-being of younger generations, plays an important role in successful aging. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, writing-based intervention to increase feelings of generativity and test the effect of this intervention on well-being and inflammation in a sample of older women. Participants in this study (n = 73; mean age = 70.9 years, range 60-86 years) were randomly assigned to a 6-week generativity writing condition (writing about life experiences and sharing advice with others) or a control writing condition (neutral, descriptive writing). Self-reported measures of social well-being, mental health, and physical health, as well as objective measures of systemic and cellular levels of inflammation (plasma pro-inflammator

SUBMITTER: Moieni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature