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God-mediated control and psychological well-being in late life
Author(s)	Neal Krause
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 27, no 2, March 2005
Pages	pp 136-164
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Faith ; Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Correlation ; United States of America.
Annotation	The concept of God-mediated control is based on the notion that problems can be overcome and goals in life can be reached by working together with God. This US study of a representative sample of 745 older Whites and 752 older Blacks (mean age 74.4) examined the relationship between feelings of God-mediated control and psychological well-being; race difference were also evaluated. The findings reveal that older people with a strong sense of God-mediated control tend to have greater life satisfaction, more optimism. a higher sense of self-worth, and lower levels of death anxiety. Pervasive race differences also emerged from the data. Specifically, older Blacks reported higher levels of God-mediated control than older Whites. In addition, the relationship between God-mediated control and all well-being outcomes measures was stronger for older Blacks than older Whites. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050504514 A
Classmark	EX5: D:F:5HH: F:5HH: 49: 7T
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