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| Everyday problem solving in elderly women: contributions of residence, perceived control, and age | | Author(s) | Kathryn Collins, Mary Luszcz, Michael Lawson |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 3, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 293-302 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Reasoning ; Older women ; Living in the community ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effect of institutionalisation on cognitive functioning, in particular problem solving, in older people has received little attention in research. This US study examined the use of relativistic operations in everyday problem solving by 32 community-dwelling and 32 nursing hostel women aged 65 to 90 years. Structured interviews canvassed the role of residence and other factors thought to contribute to the maintenance of problem-solving skills. Path analysis was used to test the developed model of the influences of age, engagement in problem-solving activities, control orientation, problem familiarity and residence on the use of relativistic operations. Findings revealed that community residents used more relativistic operations to solve the problems than did the hostel residents. A revised model showed that in addition to residence and control orientation, the use of relativistic operations was influenced indirectly by the level of everyday problem-solving activity, through the orientation of perceived control. The influence of age on problem solving was indirect, through problem-solving activity and residence. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980812401 A |
| Classmark | DA: DC: BD: K4: LHB:LF: 7T |
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