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Age, subjective life expectancy, and the sense of control
— the horizon hypothesis | | Author(s) | John Mirowsky |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 3, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp S125-S134 |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Well being ; Adjustment ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Older women ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The horizon hypothesis states that greater subjective life expectancy increases the sense of control over one's own life, and in part accounts for the negative association between age and the sense of control. Results of a US survey of 2,029 respondents aged 18 and older (934 aged 50 and older) support the hypothesis. Subjective life expectancy has a significant positive association with a sense of control that does not vanish with adjustment for race, sex, education, income, widowhood, inability to work because of a disability, physical impairment, and physical fitness. Adjustment for subjective life expectancy explains part of the negative association between age and the sense of control that remains after adjustment for education and physical impairment. Adjusting the three factors together explains 93.1% of the total association between age and the sense of control, and renders the remaining association insignificant. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125254 A |
| Classmark | BB: D:F:5HH: DR: F: BD: 3F: 7T |
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