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Perceived overprotection : support gone bad?
— [support for those with visual impairment] | | Author(s) | Verena R Cimarolli, Joann P Reinhardt, Amy Horowitz |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 61B, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp S18-S23 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Attitude ; Safety services ; Hazards ; Rehabilitation ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Perceived overprotection is a potentially problematic aspect of receiving support on the ability to adjust to a chronic condition, specifically age-related vision loss. Perceived overprotection is an especially crucial issue for this population of chronically ill older people, because of the safety issues associated with visual impairment, and because perceptions on the part of the older person that the support providers may lead to excess disability. Participants were 584 older men and women with age-related vision impairment who applied for services at a vision rehabilitation agency. Path analysis was used to examine the effects of perceived overprotection on two positive indicators of adjustment: vision-specific adaptation and environmental mastery. Moreover, antecedents of perceived overprotection were examined. Higher levels of perceived overprotection were associated with less optimal adjustment to age-related vision loss, with lower scores on measures of vision-specific adaptation and environmental mastery. Higher levels of functional disability and instrumental support received were associated with higher levels of perceived overprotection. Findings indicate that support providers of older people with visual impairment as well as vision rehabilitation service providers need to be a aware of the detrimental impact of perceived overprotection. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060314236 A |
| Classmark | BR: DP: OK: OK7: LM: 3F: 7T |
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