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| Psychological dispositions and self-reported health among the 'oldest-old' in China | | Author(s) | Zheng Wu, Christoph M Schimmele |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 26, part 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 135-151 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Health [elderly] ; Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Centenarians ; Longitudinal surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | This study's objective is to further our knowledge about what constitutes 'health' for the 'oldest-old' (people aged 80+) in China. It is recognised that apart from the absence of disease, good health is a subjective experience, and it is posited that self-reported health is associated with psychological disposition, or in other words, that an individual's personal attitudes, motivations and beliefs condition their perception of health and illness. The authors use data from China's Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (1998 and 2000 waves) to examine whether psychological disposition had an independent effect of self-reported health in 2000. The study is based on a stratified random sample of 4,366 people aged 80+. After controlling for health status and socio-demographic variables, the multivariate longitudinal results demonstrate that a robust psychological disposition was indeed associated with good short-term, self-reported health. The findings also illustrate that the effect differed by age, for the relationship was significant for octogenarians and nonagenarians, but insignificant for centenarians. Data limitations prevented an empirical investigation of the processes that underlie the relationship between psychological disposition and self-reported health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060125007 A |
| Classmark | D: F:5HH: CC: BBM: BBR: BBT: 3J: 7DC |
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