@article {geriatrics9020049,
	title = {Qualities of Older Adults{\textquoteright} Family and Friendship Relationships and Their Association with Life Satisfaction},
	journal = {Geriatrics},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {49},
	abstract = {While family and friendship relationship qualities are associated with life satisfaction, evidence on how these types of relationships interact to contribute to older adults{\textquoteright} life satisfaction is sparse. This study examined how family and friendship relationship qualities may be supportive of (compensatory) or conflict with (competing) older adults{\textquoteright} life satisfaction. We adopted a cross-sectional design to analyze data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 1178, females = 54.8\%, mean age = 67.9 years, SD = 9.3 years) to examine compensatory (as in social support) and competing (as in social strain) qualities of family and friendship social relationships and their association with life satisfaction in older adults. For greater explanatory power, we also controlled for life satisfaction by sociodemographic variables of age, gender, education, self-reported general health, physical health and activity, depression, and personality traits. Our findings indicate that the spouse/partner support relationship contributes to older adults{\textquoteright} life satisfaction overall and is associated with greater social support and less social strain. Friendship support is associated with improved life satisfaction for older adults reporting spouse/partner strain. Relationship support for the life satisfaction of older adults should consider their need for social support from their social network while minimizing the risk of social strain from adversarial relationships in life situations.},
	keywords = {family relationship quality, friendship quality, interaction, Life Satisfaction, Older Adults},
	issn = {2308-3417},
	doi = {10.3390/geriatrics9020049},
	author = {Mpofu, Elias and Zhan, Rong-Fang and Yin, Cheng and Brock, Kaye}
}
@article {12007,
	title = {Physical activity participation among older adults with diabetes: Applying the World Health Organization{\textquoteright}s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Guidelines},
	journal = {The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {75-89},
	abstract = {Objective:
Physical activity (PA) is a known benefit to older adults with diabetes; however, the determinants of PA are less well studied in this population. Applying the World Health Organization{\textquoteright}s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a well-established biopsychosocial framework, we explored PA participation among older adult with type 2 diabetes.

Method:
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study and the RAND Center for the Study of Aging (N = 2,016; mean age = 73.19; SD = 6.16), we conducted hierarchical stepwise regression analysis to evaluate the relative contribution of different biopsychosocial predictors to PA {\textendash} namely, body functions and structure, activity and participation, personal, and environmental factors.

Results:
Altogether, biopsychosocial factors accounted for 20\% of the variance in PA participation. Of the personal factors, high extraversion and low neuroticism explained approximately 54\% of the variance in PA among the older adults {\textendash} beyond sociodemographics. Low body mass index, reduced pain, reduced depression, and higher cognitive functioning also had good explanatory power (25\% of explained variance), whereas activity participation and environment did not (10\% each).

Conclusion:
Aligning care with components of the ICF will help to ensure a focus on person-centric practices and, in turn, optimize participation outcomes such as PA.},
	keywords = {Physical activity, type 2 diabetes},
	doi = {10.1017/jrc.2021.7},
	author = {Chenchen Yang and Mpofu, Elias and Li, Xiaoli and Dorstyn, Diana and Li, Qiwei and Brock, Kaye}
}
