DETERMINANTS OF GENERAL WELL-BEING IN BLACK MALES WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS

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2019-11-08Author
Atakere, Darlingtina
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Oxford University Press
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.
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Over the last decades, considerable attention has been directed towards examining the well-being of people living with chronic illness. The presence of one or more chronic illnesses challenges their quality of life and general well-being, thus, impacting their abilities to function physically, psychologically, and socially. I investigated reports of general well-being in Black males with chronic illness(es) in a sample of N=242 participants. The males were aged 35–63 and identified as Black/African American males. The participants responded to items assessing general well-being; ethnic identity; self-esteem; active coping; the presence of chronic illness(es); and additional demographic, social and ecological characteristics. Analyses of responses indicated that marital status, ethnic identity, self-esteem are significant determinants of general well-being in Black males with chronic illness(es). Data further showed active coping to be negatively correlated with well-being. I discuss the implications of results for the understanding of health outcomes among this marginalized population.
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Innovation in Aging following peer review. The version of record Atakere D. (2019). DETERMINANTS OF GENERAL WELL-BEING IN BLACK MALES WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS. Innovation in Aging, 3(Suppl 1), S394. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1451 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1451.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Atakere D. (2019). DETERMINANTS OF GENERAL WELL-BEING IN BLACK MALES WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS. Innovation in Aging, 3(Suppl 1), S394. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1451
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