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| Worrying about a frightening old age | | Author(s) | S M Neikrug |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 7, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 326-333 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Stress ; Adjustment ; Elder abuse ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Worry is looked at in relation to respondents' sense of coherence (SOC), in order to evaluate the relationship between people's ability to cope and to find meaning in life and their image of future old age. The impact of worry (as measured by the Wisocki Worry Scale) over being the victim of elder abuse is compared to other reasons for worry in a sample of middle-aged and older Israelis. Results indicate that, for the most part, older people are not overwhelmed with worries and manage their lives, coping adequately with the problems of day-to-day living. Findings show that middle-aged people have the highest worry scores, while the post-retirement group has the highest scores of sense of coherence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007229 A |
| Classmark | ENP: QNH: DR: QNT: 3F: 7H6 |
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