Browsing by Author "Park, Sangmi"

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    Autobiographical Memory Function as a Related Factor to Resilience of Older Adults
    (2023-05-25) Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae; Kim, Jung-Ran; Kim, Tae Hui; Park, Ji-Hyuk
    Purpose: This study aimed to measure the autobiographical memory function (AMF) of community-dwelling older adults to analyze its association with reminiscence function and with resilience. Methods: A survey was conducted on cognitively and psychologically healthy older adults aged 60 years and older living in the community. The Korean Version of Thinking About Life Experiences, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Reminiscence Functions Scale for the Elderly were used to measure AMF, resilience, and reminiscence function, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to examine the associations between variables. Results: The mean age of the participants was 73.14 years (SD = 7.59) (n = 121). The mean score of AMF was 1.99 (SD = 0.72). AMF tended to decrease with age (p = .32). AMFs were positively associated with reminiscence functions (p < .001). After controlling for sociodemographic and health characteristics, AMF was positively associated with resilience (β = 0.229, p < .05). AMF explained 4.2% of the variance in resilience. Conclusion: The study confirmed that AMF is a related factor to the resilience of older adults. Further studies are recommended to measure AMF with various samples, including older adults with depression and cognitive decline, and to analyze it’s association with health-related variables in order to support the advantage of AMF in older adults’ health.
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    Exploring autobiographical memory functions in Korean older adults: Development and application of the Korean version of Thinking About Life Experiences scale (TALE-K)
    (2021) Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae; Kim, Tae Hui
    Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Thinking About Life Experiences scale (TALE-K) and to analyze the characteristics of autobiographical memory function (AMF) in community-dwelling older adults Methods: To develop TALE-K, a translation and back-translation procedure followed by an understanding test was performed. Then, a survey was conducted to examine the associations of AMF with psychosocial variables using TALE-K, Index of Well-Being (IWB), Meaning in life scale for older adults, Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (RULS), Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Results: Data from 75 community-dwelling older adults were used for the final analysis. The average scores of all three subscales of TALE-K were below 3 points (less frequent than occasionally). The correlation results showed that TALE-K total score was significantly associated with IWB and the Meaning in life scale for older adults. The multiple linear regression results presented that higher AMF was significantly associated with higher IWB, along with having siblings, higher meaning in life and resilience, and lower loneliness. Conclusion: Including a validation study of TALE-K, studies for understanding the characteristics of AMF in older adults using TALE-K are needed.
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    Psychometric properties of self-reported instruments for occupational balance: A COSMIN-based systematic review
    (Taylor & Francis, 2023-08-14) Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae
    Introduction Instruments being used currently to evaluate Occupational Balance (OB) are all self-report outcome measures which demand robust psychometric properties for precise assessment. This study aimed to systematically review the psychometric properties of the current OB instruments. Methods For this systematic review, COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) guidelines and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 were adopted. Peer-reviewed articles published between January 2010 and February 2021 were searched for in PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases. Search terms were full names and abbreviations of the OB instruments: Life Balance Inventory (LBI), Meaningful Activity Wants and Needs Assessment (MAWNA), Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ), and Occupational Balance-Questionnaire (OB-Quest). Results Of the 400 articles identified in a systematic database search, 12 studies from 10 articles were analysed. Five instruments, including the revised version of the OBQ (i.e., OBQ11), were analysed within the COSMIN taxonomy. The LBI demonstrated ‘high’ evidence for insufficient structural validity. The others demonstrated ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ evidence for indeterminate structural validity. Less than sufficient structural validity led to indeterminate internal consistency across five instruments, and their quality of evidence varied from ‘very low’ to ‘high’. The MAWNA and OBQ demonstrated ‘very low’ evidence for sufficient reliability. Conclusion OB instruments with psychometric properties of sufficient overall ratings supported by ‘high’ quality of evidence are unavailable. Further studies are required to clarify the concept of OB, to examine more diverse psychometrics of OB instruments, and to consolidate their robustness.
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    Relationship Between Resilience, Community Participation, and Successful Aging Among Older Adults in South Korea: Mediating Role of Community Participation
    (Sage, 2023-07-31) Kim, Jung-Ran; Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae
    A high level of resilience is positively related to successful aging. However, interventions to increase resilience in older adults are not yet available. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of community participation in the relationship between resilience and successful aging. Data from 284 individuals aged 60 years and above were analyzed in this cross-sectional study. The pathways among resilience, community participation, and successful aging were statistically significant after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, depression, disability, and chronic disease. The analysis revealed a partial mediating effect of community participation (unstandardized estimate = .01, p < .01), explaining 16.4% of the total effect of resilience on successful aging. Promoting community participation may be beneficial for enhancing successful aging in community-dwelling older adults. Further studies to examine the causal relationship between community participation and successful aging and to develop community services are recommended to use community resources as means to support successful aging.
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    Subjective memory complaints and social participation among older adults: results from the health and retirement study
    (Taylor & Francis, 2021-08-14) Lee, Chang Dae; Park, Sangmi; Foster, Erin R
    Objectives: This study aims to examine whether subjective memory complaints (SMC) contribute to social participation among older adults. Method: The study sample was 4,713 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and older from four waves (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) of the Health and Retirement Study. Hierarchical linear modeling analysis was used to examine the association of SMC with social participation after controlling for factors influencing social participation. Demographic factors (i.e. age, gender, and perceived socioeconomic status) were entered in block 1, health-related factors (i.e. health conditions, perceived health, instrumental activities of daily living, memory-immediate and delayed, and depressive symptoms) were entered in block 2, environmental factors (i.e. perceived social support and strain from spouse, child, family, and friend) were entered in block 3, and SMC was entered in block 4. Results: The result showed that factors significantly contributing to social participation are age (standardized β = –0.08, p < 0.01), perceived socioeconomic status (β = 0.16, p < 0.001), perceived health (β = 0.15, p < 0.001), instrumental activities of daily living (β = 0.12, p < 0.001), memory-immediate and delayed (β = 0.09, p < 0.001; β = 0.08, p < 0.001, respectively), social support from spouse and friend (β = 0.04, p < 0.05; β = 0.13, p < 0.001, respectively), social strain from friend (β = 0.07, p < 0.001), and SMC (β = –0.05, p < 0.001). The demographic factors explained 9.5%, health-related factors explained 8.5%, environmental factors explained 2.4%, and SMC explained 0.1% of the variance in social participation. Conclusion: This finding suggests that SMC may contribute to social participation in older adults.