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| The impact of psychological attributes on changes in disability among low-functioning older persons | | Author(s) | Gertrudis I J M Kempen, Eric van Sonderen, Johan Ormel |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp P23-P29 |
| Keywords | Personality ; Self esteem ; Neuroses ; Physical disabilities ; Self care capacity ; Living in the community ; Variance analysis ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Four psychological attributes - neuroticism, extroversion, mastery or perceived control, and general self-efficacy expectancies - were studied for their impact on changes in disability. Data were obtained from a sample of 575 low-functioning older people in the Groningen Longitudinal Aging Study (GLAS) between 1993 and 1995. Unlike older people with low or medium mastery and general self-efficacy expectancies, older people with high levels of such attributes showed no significant increase of disability between 1993 and 1995. However, multivariate analyses showed only unique contributions of mastery to changes in disability. Neuroticism and extroversion were found to be not related to changes in disability, supporting previous research outcomes. Findings highlight that, in particular, feelings of perceived control are crucial for maintaining functional ability in later life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990423002 A |
| Classmark | DK: DPA: EN: BN: CA: K4: 3YA: 76H |
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