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This mixed-methods study explored how older adults perceived their identities changing as a result of the pandemic, and how such identity dynamics related to pandemic-related events and well-being.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Participants included 2,248 older adults who participated in the longitudinal COVID-19 Coping Study spanning from April\/May 2020 to April\/May 2021. Mean age was 67.8 years, 70% were women, and 93% were White. We used qualitative thematic analysis to identify the ways the pandemic affected participants\u2019 identities. We then investigated the association between identity themes and testing positive for COVID-19, having a friend or family member hospitalized or dying due to COVID-19, or being vaccinated. Finally, we tested whether identity disruption was associated with 12-month trajectories of well-being (including life satisfaction, loneliness, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-rated health) using latent growth curve models.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Some participants reported positive identity themes, such as rethinking and revising priorities and realization of strength and resilience. Others indicated harmful effects, including identity disruption. Individuals reporting identity disruption had worse well-being at baseline and remained consistently worse over time.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Findings highlight that identity remains malleable in later life and that stressful events like the COVID-19 pandemic may trigger positive adaptive identity processes, but can also cause identity disruption that is associated with persistently worse well-being over time.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/gbae017","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,17]],"date-time":"2024-02-17T05:31:50Z","timestamp":1708147910000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Identity Development and Disruption in Older Adults During COVID-19: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"79","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7900-1924","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lauren L","family":"Mitchell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Emmanuel College , Boston, Massachusetts , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary K","family":"Burns","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Emmanuel College , Boston, Massachusetts , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel Koch","family":"Impellizzeri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Emmanuel College , Boston, Massachusetts , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victoria R","family":"Falso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Emmanuel College , Boston, Massachusetts , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maeve","family":"Famularo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Emmanuel College , Boston, Massachusetts , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessica M","family":"Finlay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0001","first-page":"367","article-title":"Living into the story: Agency and coherence in a longitudinal study of narrative identity development and mental health over the course of psychotherapy","volume-title":"Journal of Personality and Social Psychology","author":"Adler","year":"2012"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0002","first-page":"84","article-title":"Identity integration in people with acquired disabilities: A qualitative study","volume-title":"Journal of Personality","author":"Adler","year":"2021"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0046","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"275","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-12-816094-7.00016-7","article-title":"Stress, coping, and aging","author":"Aldwin","year":"2021","journal-title":"Handbook of the Psychology of Aging"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0003","first-page":"893","article-title":"An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties","volume-title":"Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology","author":"Beck","year":"1988"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0004","first-page":"1","article-title":"Mental wellbeing and boosting resilience to mitigate the adverse consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: A","volume-title":"Sage Open","author":"Beckstein","year":"2022"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0005","first-page":"104359","article-title":"Broadening our understanding of adversarial growth: The contribution of narrative methods","volume-title":"Journal of Research in Personality","author":"Blackie","year":"2023"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0006","first-page":"915","article-title":"The effect of age on mortality in patients with COVID-19: A meta-analysis with 611,583 subjects","volume-title":"Journal of the American Medical Directors Association","author":"Bonanad","year":"2020"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0007","first-page":"77","article-title":"Using thematic analysis in psychology","volume-title":"Qualitative Research in Psychology","author":"Braun","year":"2006"},{"key":"2024050213032898400_CIT0008","first-page":"328","article-title":"One size fits all? 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