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| The effects of interpersonal and personal agency on perceived control and psychological well-being in adulthood | | Author(s) | Gregory C Smith, Steven J Kohn, Susan E Savage-Stevens |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 4, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp 458-468 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Adjustment ; Self esteem ; Well being ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A theoretical model linking social support with global beliefs in primary control and providing a development perspective on how normative age-related changes after control beliefs was examined with data from 482 adults aged 18 to 93. Generalised belief in primary control was hypothesised to have a direct positive effect on psychological well-being, and to arise from two distinct sources: interpersonal agency (obtaining positive ends through interactions with others) and personal agency (achieving desired outcomes on one's own behalf). Age was believed to affect both types of agency indirectly as a result of age-related changes in physical health and emotional support. Although physical health was presumed to have a direct effect on psychological well-being, the effect of emotional support on well-being was mediated by interpersonal agency and perceived primary control. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001102217 A |
| Classmark | P6: DR: DPA: D:F:5HH: D: F: 7T |
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