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Adaptation to disability among middle-aged and older adults — the role of assimilative and accommodative coping
Author(s)	Kathrin Boerner
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 1, January 2004
Pages	pp P35-P42
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Visual impairment ; Adjustment ; Mental health [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The purpose of this study was to investigate the links between coping, disability and mental health in adults who are confronted with age-related vision loss. Drawing on the model of assimilative and accommodative coping (e.g. Bradstädter, 1999), hierarchical regressions were designed to examine the effects of coping and disability on mental health. Participants were 56 middle-aged and 52 older Americans who had been recruited from a community-based rehabilitation agency. Findings demonstrate a critical role of accommodative coping for adaptation, with beneficial effects on mental health that were more pronounced in the case of high disability for younger participants. Finally, findings suggest that dealing with disability may pose more of a mental health risk in middle than in late adulthood. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040705206 A
Classmark	BR: DR: D: SE: BB: 3F: 7T
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