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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348

S347

Objectives

To analyze SWB in older adults’ perspective, to inves-

tigate the latent constructs that can work as major determinants

in SWB and to examine the potential explanatory mechanisms of a

SWB overall model, in an older cross-national sample.

Methods

Measures were completed, using a variety of appropri-

ate methods, including demographics and interviews. Complete

data were available for 163 older adults aged between 65–97 years

(M= 74.2; SD = 4.743). Datawere subjected to content analysis. Rep-

resentation of the associations and latent constructs were analyzed

by a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA).

Results

The most prevalent response of the interviewed partici-

pants for SWB was ‘affection and care’ (11.0%). A three-dimension

model formed by ‘intimacy and well-being’, ‘care, eroticism and

desire’, and ‘sexual activity and health’ was presented as a best-

fit solution for German older adults. SWB for Portuguese older

adults were explained by a three-factor model: ‘intimacy, health

and desire’, ‘affection and well-being’ and ‘sexual activity’.

Conclusions

The outcomes presented in this paper emphasized

the need to explore the indicators of SWB among older adults and

the under-developed potential of a SWB overall model for the older

population.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.776

EW659

What predicts adjustment to aging

among older women in breast cancer

remission? The influence of subjective

well-being, sense of coherence, and

socio-demographic, lifestyle and

health-related factors

S. von Humboldt

, I. Leal , F. Carneiro

ISPA-Instituo Universitário, William James Research Center, Lisbon,

Portugal

Corresponding author.

Objectives

To build a structural model to explore the predictors

of adjustment to aging (AtA) reported by older women in breast

cancer remission.

Methods

Older women in breast cancer remission (

n

= 214) aged

between 75 and 94 years participated in this study. A question-

naire to determine socio-demographic (age, income, professional

and marital status, education, household, living setting and self-

reported spirituality), lifestyle and health-related characteristics

(physical activity, leisure, perceived health, recent disease and

medication), and measures to assess AtA, sense of coherence and

subjective well-being, were employed. Structural equation model-

ing was used to explore a structural model of the self-reported AtA,

encompassing all variables.

Results

Preliminary results indicated that self-reported spiritu-

ality ( = .397;

P

< .001), leisure ( = .383;

P

< .001), physical activity

( = .267;

P

< .001), perceived health ( = .211;

P

< .001), marital

status ( = .173;

P

< .001), professional status ( = .156;

P

= .009),

sense of coherence ( = .138;

P

< .001), and living setting ( = .129;

P

= .007), predicted AtA. The variables accounted for 79.2% of the

variability of AtA.

Conclusion

Self-reported spirituality and leisure were the

strongest predictors of AtA. Our preliminary findings suggest that

health care interventions with older women in breast cancer remis-

sion still living in the communitymay benefit fromclearly including

predictors of AtA, as these are essential for promoting olderwomen’

s aging well.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.777

EW660

Analysing correlates for the

younger-old and the oldest-old:

Adjustment to aging

S. von Humboldt

1 ,

, I. Leal

2

1

ISPA-Instituo Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal

2

ISPA, Instituto Universitário, William James Research Center, Lisbon,

Portugal

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Diverse factors may predict the adjustment to aging

(AtA) of the younger-old and oldest-old adults’.

Objectives

To build a structural model for exploring whether

socio-demographic, health and lifestyle-related variables are pre-

dictors of AtA for both groups.

Methods

Research encompassed a community-dwelling sample,

of 447 older adults aged 75 years and above (M= 86.27; SD = 6.78;

range 75–100). Measures included demographics (sex, marital sta-

tus, education, household, adult children, family‘s annual income,

and self-reported spirituality), lifestyle and health-related char-

acteristics (perceived health, recent disease, physical activity and

leisure), and the Adjustment to Aging Scale. Structural equation

modeling was used to investigate a structural model of the self-

reported AtA, encompassing all the above variables.

Results

Significant predictors for the younger-old are perceived

health ( = .425;

P

< .001), leisure ( = .324;

P

< .001), professional

status ( = .243;

P

< .001). Significant predictors for the oldest-old

are self-reported spirituality ( = .816;

P

< .001), perceived health

( = .232;

P

< .001), and income ( = .233;

P

= .035). The variables

explained respectively 64.5% and 61.6% of the variability of AtA,

respectively.

Conclusions

Perceived health is the strongest predictor of AtA for

the younger-old participants whilst self-reported spirituality is the

strongest predictor of AtA for the oldest-old adults.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.778

EW661

The orientation to life questionnaire:

Assessing older adults’ sense of

coherence

S. von Humboldt

1 ,

, I. Leal

2

1

ISPA-Instituo Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal

2

ISPA-Instituto Universitário, William James Research Center, Lisbon,

Portugal

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Growing literature suggests that the sense of coher-

ence (SOC) positively influences well-being in later life.

Objectives

This study reports the assessment the following psy-

chometric properties: distributional properties, construct, criterion

and external-related validities, and reliability, of the Orientation to

Life Questionnaire (OtLQ) in an cross-national population of older

adults.

Methods

We recruited 1291 community-dwelling older adults

aged between 75–102 years (M= 83.9; SD = 6.68). Convenience

sampling was used to gather questionnaire data. The construct

validity was asserted by confirmatory factor analysis, convergent

and discriminant validity. Moreover, criterion and external-related

validities, as well as distributional properties and reliability were

also tested.

Results

Data gathered with the 29-items OtLQ scale showed

overall good psychometric properties, in terms of distributional

properties, construct, criterion and external-related validities, as

well as reliability. Three factors were validated for the OtLQ scale:

(a) comprehensibility; (b) manageability; and (c) meaningfulness.