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| Influences on anxiety in later life: the role of health status, health perceptions and health locus of control | | Author(s) | L D Frazier, L D Waid |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 3, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 213-220 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Anxiety in older people has received little attention in research. This study examined the relationships between health status, health perceptions and health locus of control, and three dimensions of anxiety in a group of community-dwelling older people. Findings revealed that whereas medical conditions (i.e., high blood pressure, diabetes) did not relate to anxiety, poorer actual and perceived health were related to increase in distress and hypochondriacal concerns. Both internal and external locus of control over health were differentially predictive of anxiety. Loss of internal control and attributions of control to chance increased distress, attribution to powerful others and chance increased anxiety sensitivity, and attributions to powerful others and health perceptions increased hypochondriasis. Findings are discussed in terms of the relative influence of biological and psychosocial factors in the experience of anxiety in later life. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991005205 A |
| Classmark | ENP: CC: DP: K4: 7T |
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