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Age effects and health appraisal
— a meta-analysis | | Author(s) | Greg Roberts |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp S24-S30 |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose was to clarify the effects of methodological variables in the research on age differences in self-rated health and specifically the effects of: the item type used to solicit the appraisal; the approach to sampling; and the criteria for assembling the age groups for study. Studies differing on these dimensions were compared using meta-analytic techniques. 17 usable samples were grouped according to the age comparisons: 7 compared "young" and "old" samples, while 10 compared "young-old" and "old-old" groups. The results failed to support the frequently reported health optimism of old-old samples when compared with young-old. Further, the findings suggest that the item type used in eliciting the rating of health may be instrumental in the respondent's appraisal process. For instance, use of the age-comparative items tends to favour "old" groups when compared to young, whereas the global health item has an effect in the other direction. Effect size was also related to a study's sampling procedure and to the method used in assembling groups (i.e. age ranges used to represent young and old). Practical implications and areas for further research are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990423009 A |
| Classmark | BB: CC: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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