The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people across the world, with important heterogeneity among older adults in how they respond to the challenges associated with this crisis. Relying on a cross-fertilization between Erikson’s personality theory and self-determination theory, this study aimed to examine possible sources of resilience (i.e., ego integrity and need satisfaction) and vulnerability (i.e., despair) in older adults’ (mal) adjustment, thereby additionally considering the role of multiple risk and protective factors (e.g., gender and marital status). During the second month of the lockdown period in Belgium, 693 older adults (M_age = 70.06, SD = 4.48, range: 65–89 years, 62.1% female) filled out online questionnaires concerning the study variables, while also completing assessments of several important sociodemographic factors. Structural equation modeling suggested that both ego integrity and despair related to indicators of well-being and psychological distress through experienced need satisfaction. Additionally, we found several factors to protect (e.g., higher perceived income) or diminish (e.g., being widowed) older adults’ well-being during these challenging times, with little evidence for a moderating role of these factors in associations between the psychological variables. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

COVID-19 大流行影响了世界各地的人们，老年人在如何应对与这场危机相关的挑战方面存在重要的异质性。依靠埃里克森的人格理论和自我决定理论之间的交叉施肥，本研究旨在检查老年人（mal）适应中的弹性（即自我完整性和需求满足）和脆弱性（即绝望）的可能来源，从而额外考虑多种风险和保护因素（例如，性别和婚姻状况）的作用。在比利时封锁期的第二个月，693 名老年人（M_年龄 = 70.06，SD = 4.48，范围：65-89 岁，62.1% 女性）填写了有关研究变量的在线问卷，同时还完成了对几个重要社会人口因素的评估。结构方程模型表明，自我完整性和绝望都与幸福感和心理痛苦的指标相关，通过经验的需求满足。此外，我们发现在这些充满挑战的时期有几个因素可以保护（例如，更高的感知收入）或减少（例如，丧偶）老年人的幸福感，几乎没有证据表明这些因素在心理变量之间的关联中起调节作用. 讨论了这些结果的理论和实践意义。