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Gender and racial correlates of personal control among emotionally disturbed older adults
Author(s)	Robin Nemeroff, Elizabeth Midlarsky
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 50, no 1, 2000
Pages	pp 1-15
Keywords	Depression ; Emotions ; Attitude ; Older men ; Older women ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America.
Annotation	Black and white community-dwelling women and men over 65 , all of whom had been referred for psychotherapy, were interviewed to determine their perceived control (internal versus external) over the causes and solutions to their problems. Personal control orientations were found to vary both by race and gender. Men perceived themselves as having more control over causes than did women, but women perceived themselves as having more control over solutions than did men. Black men and women perceived themselves as more responsible both for causes and solutions than did white persons. Of the four groups studied, white females saw themselves as having the least control over the causes of their problems, but those perceiving higher levels of control over causes were most depressed. White men saw themselves as having the least control over solutions, but those with higher levels of perceived control had lower levels of depressive symptoms. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000413401 A
Classmark	ENR: DL: DP: BC: BD: TKA: TKE: 7T
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