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| Gender differences in coping and control with memory aging | | Author(s) | Graham J McDougall |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 10, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 21-40 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Competence ; Older men ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Gender differences in control, coping, health and metamemory, and the influence of these factors on depression and anxiety and depression, were examined through analysis of data from a large study of memory perceptions among older people. Men and women aged 55 years and over were recruited from continuing education programmes in two southern states in the United States (US). Results showed that women reported that their memories were better overall than males. There were no differences between the groups in depression, health or memory control variables. Women had significantly greater state anxiety than men, but no differences were seen in domain-specific memory anxiety or other metamemory domains. Women scored higher than men on help-seeking, existential growth, religiosity, and total coping strategies. In the two regression models the set of study variables predicted 79% of the variance in depression and 15% of the variance in memory anxiety. The addition of perceived health status to each model substantially changed each of their predictive values. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980121402 A |
| Classmark | DB: ENP: ENR: DPB: BC: BD: 7T |
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