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| Worry among Canadian seniors | | Author(s) | Marianne Skarborn, Richard Nicki |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 43, no 2, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 169-178 |
| Keywords | Housebound ; Living in the community ; Anxiety ; Health [elderly] ; Financial services [older people] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Measurement ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | One hundred mobile and housebound over 65s from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada were administered Wisocki's Worry Scale, a 35-item questionnaire relating to concerns about finances, health and social conditions, and were asked to self-monitor their worry behaviour over a three-day period. They were found to be relatively worry-free. Nevertheless, there were significant correlations between the Worry Scale and measures of mental and physical health. Self-monitoring provided a more direct validation of the Worry Scale. Results were comparable with those found in the literature with samples from the United States. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731234 A |
| Classmark | C6: K4: ENP: CC: J: F: 3R: 3F: 7S |
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