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Longitudinal findings on aging-related cognitions, control beliefs, and health in later life
Author(s)	Susanne Wurm, Clemens Tesch-Römer, Martin J Tomasik
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 3, May 2007
Pages	pp P156-P164
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Mental ageing ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany.
Annotation	The influence of individual views of ageing on health changes in later life were examined. The authors hypothesised that ageing-related cognitions affect health changes irrespective of control beliefs, and that the impact of ageing-related cognition on health is higher than for the reverse direction of causality. They based their analyses on data from the longitudinal part of the German Aging Survey (1286 participants were aged 40-85 at baseline). Because of the selectivity of the sample, the same analyses for the baseline sample of 4034 with estimated Time 2 data for those individuals who dropped out. Results of structural equation modelling were concordant with the hypothesis, and therefore they corroborate previous findings on the importance of beliefs about ageing. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070926229 A
Classmark	D6: CC: DP: 3J: 767
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