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| Gender differences in the associations of self-esteem, stress and social support with functional health status among older adults with heart disease | | Author(s) | Melinda S Forthofer, Nancy K Janz, Julia A Dodge |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 13, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 19-38 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Heart disease ; Health [elderly] ; Self esteem ; Stress ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study explored and compared the role of self esteem, stress and social support in maintenance or improvement in physical and psychosocial functioning over 12 months in older American men and women with cardiovascular disease. Data from 502 over 60s showed that self-esteem and stress were both significantly associated with functioning when demographic and clinical factors were controlled. Men were significantly more likely than women to maintain or improve in functioning. Self-esteem, stress, compliance with medication regimes and marital status were significantly associated with maintenance or improvement of functioning among women. Only age and stress were significantly associated with maintenance or improvement in functioning among men. Findings indicated that: stress and self-esteem were stronger predictors of functioning, especially among women than demographic and clinical factors; and women in the highest quartile of the self-esteem distribution were approximately five times as likely to maintain or improve their functioning as women in the lowest quartile. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010314209 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: CQH: CC: DPA: QNH: 48: 7T |
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