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Personal stress, mental health, and sense of control among older adults
— [effects of the events of 11 September 2001] | | Author(s) | Fredric D Wolinsky, Kathleen W Wyrwich, Kurt Kroenke |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 3, May 2003 |
| Pages | pp S146-S150 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Stress ; Anxiety ; Well being ; Adjustment ; Air accidents ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | As part of a longitudinal study of clinically relevant change in the health-related quality of life of patients in Indianapolis and St Louis after the events of 11 September 2001, personal stress, mental health, and sense of control were measured at baseline and at six bi-monthly follow-up interviews with 1662 patients. Of these, 437 had the opportunity to complete three interviews before and after 9-11, with 291 (67%) completing all six. The authors performed graphic comparisons, paired t-tests, classification based on standard errors of measurements (SEMs), and multiple linear regressions for patients who completed all six interviews. No noticeable changes in aggregate trends for personal stress or mental health were associated with 9-11. However, 9-11 was associated with an aggregate decline in sense of control. This decline was greater among those who were working for pay, had more comfortable incomes and reported greater religiosity. Older people more closely resembling those who died during 9-11 and those with greater levels of religiosity were most likely to have their sense of control affected by this catastrophic event. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071204205 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENP: D:F:5HH: DR: ONT: 3F: 7T |
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