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Well-being among older adults with OA: direct and mediated patterns of control beliefs, optimism and pessimism.
- Source :
- Aging & Mental Health; Jul2013, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p595-608, 14p, 3 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objectives: To assess the contribution of important psychological resources (i.e. optimism, pessimism, control beliefs) to the psychological well-being of older adults with Osteoarthritis (OA); to assess the direct and mediated association of these psychosocial resources to outcomes (depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and self-esteem). These objectives are important because OA is a significant stressor, treatments are limited, and psychological functioning is at risk for those coping with the condition, even compared to other chronic illnesses. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 160 community-dwelling older adults with OA (81% women). Participants were not randomly selected, but nonetheless reflected the demographic makeup of the selection area. Results: Ordinary least squares regression analyses using the PROCESS macro revealed that optimism and pessimism were associated with higher depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem indirectly through constraints beliefs. The analysis of life satisfaction showed that optimism and pessimism were each partially mediated through mastery and constraints beliefs. Discussion: These results suggest that prior research, which has assessed these psychological resources as having singular relationships to outcomes, may have underestimated the importance of the relationship between these variables. We discuss possible points of intervention for older adults with OA who may experience increasing constraints beliefs over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHRONIC diseases & psychology
AGE distribution
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LIFE
LOCUS of control
EVALUATION of medical care
OPTIMISM
OSTEOARTHRITIS
PESSIMISM
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SELF-esteem testing
WORLD Wide Web
DATA analysis
WELL-being
MCGILL Pain Questionnaire
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13607863
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88408530
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2013.765831