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| Psychological adjustment variables as predictors of mortality among nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Brian P O'Connor, Robert J Vallerand |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 368-374 |
| Keywords | Patients [nursing homes] ; Death ; Self esteem ; Depression ; Life satisfaction ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Mortality over a 4-year period was examined in relation to self-esteem, depression, life satisfaction, and meaning in life in a non-clinical sample of 128 intermediate-care nursing home residents in the US. Survival was associated with the psychological adjustment variables, and the effect persisted after statistically controlling for age, sex, and physical health. Self-evaluations (self-esteem and depression) were stronger predictors of mortality than were general life evaluations (life satisfaction and meaning in life). Comparisons with previous studies suggest conditions under which psychological variables are likely to be associated with mortality. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981113402 A |
| Classmark | LHB:LF: CW: DPA: ENR: F:5HH: 7T |
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