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Self-efficacy, physical decline, and change in functioning in community-living elders
— a prospective study | | Author(s) | Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Teresa E Seeman, Dorothy Baker |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 51B, no 4, July 1996 |
| Pages | pp S183-S190 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Biological ageing ; Physical disabilities ; Competence ; Physical capacity ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examines whether high self-efficacy protects against a decline in functional status of older people living at home. Data came from in-home assessments at the start and 18 months later, on socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health status variables, including physical performance tests. Functional status was based on six basic self-care tasks of activities of daily living (ADLs). Lower self-efficacy was marginally related to decline in functional status. There was a significant interaction effect between self-efficacy and change in physical performance, suggesting that low self-efficacy was particularly predictive of functional decline among older individuals who showed a decline in physical performance at follow-up. These findings support the buffer effect of self-efficacy on functional decline in the face of diminished physical capacity. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970704015 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: BH: BN: DPB: BI: 49: 7T |
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