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| The interactive effect of perceived control and functional status on health and mortality among young-old and old-old adults | | Author(s) | Verena H Menec, Judith G Chipperfield |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 3, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp P118-P126 |
| Keywords | Young elderly ; Over 70s ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Health [elderly] ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Life satisfaction ; Death ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The effect of perceived control on health has been examined extensively in the gerontological literature. A question that has received little attention, however, is whether control affords similar benefits to all older adults. The authors examined the effect of perceived control, in combination with functional status and age, on perceived health, morbidity, hospitalisation, and mortality. Their analysis was based on a longitudinal study conducted by the Canadian Aging Research Network in the the Province of Manitoba. It showed that perceived control interacted with functional status for the old-old (80+ years old), but not for the young-old (65-79 years old) in terms of perceived health, hospitalisation and mortality. For perceived health, feeling in control was of benefit to old-old adults with some functional impairment, but not to those with little impairment. Moreover, a greater sense of control was associated with lower rates of hospitalisation and mortality for old-old individuals with little functional impairment. These results highlight the usefulness of examining the buffering effects of perceived control in relation to different age groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125248 A |
| Classmark | BBA: BBK: DP: DR: CC: C4: CA: F:5HH: CW: 7S |
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