Personal Control in Social and Life Course ContextsThe book explores the effects of mastery on coping abilities and diverse actions and dispositions such as alienation, social activities, and religious beliefs in older individuals. The practical implications of the concept of personal control are brought into focus, as the authors explore the design and development of interventions to enhance functioning. |
Contents
Department of Health Policy | 9 |
The Social Foundations of Personal Control in Late Life | 45 |
Ann Arbor MI | 66 |
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adolescence adulthood African Americans age-related American Aneshensel Avison Baltes buffering caregivers cognitive collaborative control Community Psychology conceptual construct validity constructs context control beliefs control striving coping course cultural depression dimensions domains effects of mastery Elder elderly emotional environment ethnic European Americans example feelings gender Gerontology global goals groups Health and Social Heckhausen Hispanic historical illusion of control impact important individuals influence interaction Journal of Health Krause Latinos levels of mastery locus of control measures mediating mental health Mirowsky old age older adults one's outcomes Pearlin perceived control personal control perspective planful competence positive primary control problems psychosocial relationship Review role Ross Schaie Schooler Schulz secondary control strategies self-efficacy self-esteem sense of control sense of personal Shanahan Social Behavior Social Psychology social structure social support sociology specific stress process stressors suggests tions Turner variables well-being Wheaton women Wrosch York