| |
| |
| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Understanding associations of control beliefs, social relations and well-being in older adults with osteoarthritis | | Author(s) | Vanessa M Ferreira, Aurora M Sherman |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 3, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 255-274 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Personal relationships ; Well being ; Arthritis ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Control beliefs and social relationships have been individually assessed in relation to adaptation to chronic illness, although only rarely together. Further, some control scales psychometric limitations in older adult samples. To address these concerns, a scale assessing external control was created by factor analysing the items from Levenson's (1974) control sub-scales. The authors tested the association of external control beliefs, measured with the new formulation of items, and two social relation variables (support and strain) to well-being measures in a sample of 95 older people (72% female) reporting osteoarthritis (OA). They also compared the new formulation of items to the original sub-scales. The Levenson measures were significantly related to life satisfaction after controlling for social relations. However, the new externality scale was a stronger correlate than the chance sub-scale (though not different from powerful others). Only the new scale was related to depressive symptoms once social relations were controlled. In addition, social support was significantly associated with both outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060608205 A |
| Classmark | DP: DS: D:F:5HH: CLA: 4C: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|
|