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Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional health
Author(s)Becca R Levy, Martin D Slade, Stanislav V Kasl
Journal titleJournals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 5, September 2002
Pagespp P409-P417
KeywordsAttitude ; Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation433 participants from the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement (OLSAR), a community-based study of people aged 50+, were interviewed in 6 waves regarding whether those with more positive beliefs about their own ageing have had better functional health over an 18-year period than those with negative self-perceptions. Those with more positive self-perception of ageing in 1975 reported better functional health from 1977 to 1995, when baseline measures of functional health, self-rated health, age, gender, race and socioeconomic status were controlled for. The study demonstrates that perceived control partially mediates the relationship between self-perception of ageing and functioning. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-021107205 A
ClassmarkDP: BG: CC: 3J: 7T

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