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Age, aging, and the sense of control among older adults
— a longitudinal reconsideration | | Author(s) | Fredric D Wolinsky, Kathleen W Wyrwich, Ajit N Babu |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp S212-S220 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Adjustment ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The crude cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between age and the sense of control are estimated. Sense of control was measured at baseline and at each of six bimonthly follow-up interviews with 1,662 patients at two US medical centres. Potential confounders were measured at baseline. Analyses include descriptive assessments of level and normative stability, repeated measures analysis of covariance, and hierarchical multiple linear and change score regressions. Although the sense of control is relatively stable between any two successive waves of data collection, significant gradual changes are observed over a 1-year period. Compelling evidence is found for statistically and substantively significant associations between age and the sense of control at baseline, and between age and changes in the sense of control over time. The only other major predictor of the sense of control is mental well-being. Longitudinal studies with repeated assessments over prolonged observation periods are now needed to elucidate age-related trajectories in the sense of control. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040406212 A |
| Classmark | DP: DR: D:F:5HH: 3J: 3KB: 7T |
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