Patterns of the physical, cognitive, and mental health status of older individuals in a real-life primary care setting and differences in coping styles.

As the evidence also suggests for individuals following healthy aging trajectories, individuals in this cluster mostly used health-promoting coping mechanisms, such as active problem-solving strategies (of a borderline significance) and positive emotional and/or cognitive appraisal of stressful situations (indicating by positive reframing), which might have rendered them capable of diminishing the hazardous effects of emotional distress on the body and mind, and of slowing down the development of comorbidities ( 28 ).

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