Hot Instantaneous Temperature and Affect: Meaningful Activities as a Buffer for Older Adults With Low Socioeconomic Status
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Chin, DCW | |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, HH | |
dc.contributor.author | Lay, JC | |
dc.contributor.author | Tse, DCK | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-03T09:53:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-06-19 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-04-28T19:19:13Z | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Extremely hot temperature affects psychological well-being negatively, especially for older adults with lower socioeconomic status (SES). The objectives of this study are to examine: (a) the impact of hot instantaneous temperature on older adults' emotional well-being and (b) whether meaningful engagement could reduce the above impact, particularly for those of lower SES. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a quantitative time-sampling study during hot-weather months (May-September) in 2021 and 2022. The sample comprises 344 participants aged 60 years or older (Mage = 67.15, SDage = 5.26) living in urban areas of Hong Kong, where hot days (daily maximum temperature ≥33°C) accounted for 23% of the study days. Participants reported positive and negative affect, and engagement in meaningful activities, three times a day over a 10-day period, and wore sensors that tracked the instantaneous temperature of their immediate environment. Multilevel modeling was employed to examine the impacts on affect from temperature, SES, and meaningful activity engagement. RESULTS: Hotter instantaneous temperature predicted greater momentary negative affect and less positive affect immediately afterwards. Meaningful engagement significantly buffered against the affective impacts of hotter temperature, and this buffering effect was more salient among older adults of lower SES. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: This study highlights the role of meaningful engagement in reducing the impact of hotter instantaneous temperature on older adults' emotional well-being, particularly for those of lower SES. Meaningful activity engagement may be capitalized on, as a strategy, to reduce climate-related social inequality. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University Grants Council of Hong Kong | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Faculty of Social Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 7(6), article igad057 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad057 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | R4046-18F | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/135845 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-1724-1989 (Lay, Jennifer C) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) / The Gerontological Society of America | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://osf.io/cn9zs/?view_only=d0161eb2337346f19db3096624faeb5b | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37497341 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com | en_GB |
dc.subject | Daily affect | en_GB |
dc.subject | Extremely hot weather | en_GB |
dc.subject | Meaningfulness | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychological well-being | en_GB |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic status | en_GB |
dc.title | Hot Instantaneous Temperature and Affect: Meaningful Activities as a Buffer for Older Adults With Low Socioeconomic Status | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-03T09:53:37Z | |
dc.contributor.editor | Boron, JB | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2399-5300 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN igad057 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Oxford University Press via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data Availability: The study in this article is aligned with open practices in scientific research. Materials, data, and code are publicly accessible at: https://osf.io/cn9zs/?view_only=d0161eb2337346f19db3096624faeb5b | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2399-5300 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Innovation in Aging | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-05-26 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY-NC-ND | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-06-19 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-05-03T09:51:03Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-05-03T09:53:55Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-06-19 |
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