by Romeo Vitelli PhD – Psychology Today –
How older adults build resilience to thrive despite life’s challenges.
As we grow older, it becomes more apparent that resilience, the ability to stay steady and bounce back from stress, plays a vital role in successful aging. But why do some older adults seem to handle stress so effortlessly while others get overwhelmed? A long-term study recently published in the journal Psychology and Aging may provide the answer to that very question.
A team of Oregon and Boston State University researchers followed hundreds of older adults for more than two decades to examine how well people handled stress over time.
