Weissberger, G., Bergman, Y. S., & Shrira, A. (2023). The Association between Ageist Attitudes, Subjective Age, and Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Among Older Adults. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 42(6), 1267–1273. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221132130
This section suggests a selection of international publications on mistreatment of older adults that have been published since 2007. A scientific literature review is carried out every six months in order to regularly enhance this reference list.
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Werner, P., & AboJabel, H. (2023). The Conceptual and Methodological Characteristics of Ageism During COVID-19: A Scoping Review of Empirical Studies. The Gerontologist, 63(9), 1526–1535. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac118
Themes:
Ageism, consequences* and covid-19*
Whiteman, P. J., Macias-Konstantopoulos, W. L., Relan, P., Knopov, A., Ranney, M. L., & Riviello, R. J. (2023). Violence and abuse: A pandemic within a pandemic. Western journal of emergency medicine, 24(4), 743. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3nx235pb
Themes:
Consequences* and mistreatment in general
Wu, L., Huang, Y., Gao, Y., Chen, Q., & McLaren, H. (2023). Domestic violence survivors who became anti-domestic violence volunteers: A qualitative study in China. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(4), 2157-2175.
Themes:
Help-Seeking* and intimate partner violence*
Xu, W., Gao, C., Chen, M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, M., Lu, Z., & Yang, Y. (2023). Prevalence and predictors in self-neglect: A cross-sectional study of domestic migrant older adults in China. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 50, 158–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.013
Yalçın Gürsoy, M., & Tanriverdi, G. (2023). Elder abuse prevalence and related risk factors in Turkey: A systematic review. Ageing International, 48(2), 656-668.
Yıldız, M., Varol, E., Yildirim, M. S., Elkoca, A., & Sarpdağı, Y. (2023). The effect of rumination and elder abuse level on successful aging in elderly individuals: Analysis with a machine learning approach. Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society, 23(4), 588–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.12965
Themes:
Consequences* and mistreatment in general
Yu, M., Wang, W., Gu, L., & Ramachandran, H. J. (2023). Perspectives and experiences of living with self‐neglect among older adults: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55(4), 771-781. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12854
Themes:
Profile of the mistreated person and self neglect*
Zahedi, N., Abolghasemi, A., & Kafi, M. (2023). The Comparison of Cognitive Abilities and Emotional Well-Being in Older Adults with and Without Experience of Abuse. Aging Psychology, 9(3), 258-243. https://doi.org/10.22126/jap.2023.9360.1717
Zhang, D. (2023). Elder abuse and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: The moderating role of adverse childhood experiences. Journal of affective disorders, 339, 742–749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.070