Explicating the Pathways Among Memorable Message Themes About Religion and Spirituality, Positive Role Models for Aging, and Successful Aging
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Quinten S. Bernhold [2] ; Victoria Bertram [1] ; Sarah Devereux [2] ; Jalen Blue [2] ; Kylie Julius [2]
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[1] James Madison University
James Madison University
Estados Unidos
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[2] University of Tennessee
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- Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 89, nº 3-4, 2024, págs. 178-198
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Grounded in the communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA), this study asked older adults to report on a memorable message about religion or spirituality. The message themes were tested as directly predicting perceptions of the message source as a positive role model for aging and indirectly predicting successful aging. Messages with an ethical actions theme, personal relationship with God theme, and eternal damnation theme were directly associated with perceptions of the source as a positive role model. Further, messages with an eternal damnation theme were indirectly associated with successful aging, via perceptions of the source as a positive role model and aging efficacy. Findings address how religious memorable messages and role models for aging might operate in the CEMSA.
