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Perceiving control
— a double-edged sword in old age | | Author(s) | Ute Kunzmann, Todd Little, Jacqui Smith |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 6, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp P484-P491 |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Personality ; Ageing process ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Although control beliefs are thought to be pivotal contributors to well-being in old age, questions remain about the specific and long-term emotional implications of different types of control beliefs. The authors use cross-sectional (n=516) and longitudinal (n=206) samples from the Berlin Aging Study (age range 76-103) to examine three generalised beliefs about control - personal control over desirable outcomes, personal responsibility for undesirable outcomes, and perceived others' control - along with their association with emotional well-being (positive and negative affect). Relationships between control beliefs and emotional well-being were dependent on the type of control belief and the dimension of emotional well-being considered, the sample investigated, and on individual differences at a given point in time or changes over time. Despite these complexities, findings suggest that perceived control over desirable outcomes is associated with high emotional well-being, whereas perceived others control is an emotional risk factor in old age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216257 A |
| Classmark | DP: DK: BG: 3J: 767 |
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