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| Age and the sense of control among older adults | | Author(s) | Fredric D Wolinsky, Timothy E Stump |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 51B, no 4, July 1996 |
| Pages | pp S217-S220 |
| Keywords | Biological ageing ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Statistical relations ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, there were four key findings. First, the relationship between age and the sense of control is negative, strong and linear: older adults have less sense of control than younger adults. Educational attainment has the strongest relationship with sense of control, even in a poorly-educated sample. Mental health, rather than physical function is related to the sense of control. Lastly, although introducing measures of subjective religiosity and religious beliefs did not appreciably alter the relationship between age and sense of control, it had more importance for older people. Future research should focus on the inflection point in the relationship between age and sense of control that apparently occurs at about 50 years of age. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970704019 A |
| Classmark | BH: D: F: CC: EX: 3YH: 7T |
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