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Schöllgen, Ina; Morack, Jennifer; Infurna, Frank J.; Ram, Nilam; Gerstorf, Denis – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Well-being and physical health are central indicators of quality of life in old age. Research from a between-person difference perspective finds that people in better health than their peers also report higher well-being than their peers. However, we know very little about whether changes in one domain are accompanied by changes in the other…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Well Being, Depression (Psychology), Quality of Life
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Infurna, Frank J.; Okun, Morris A. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Perceived control is interrelated with aging-related outcomes across adulthood and old age. Relatively little is known, however, about resources as antecedents of longitudinal change in perceived control and the role of perceived control as a buffer against mortality risk when these resources are low. We examined functional limitations, depressive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Change, Depression (Psychology)
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Ford, Kahlil R.; Hurd, Noelle M.; Jagers, Robert J.; Sellers, Robert M. – Child Development, 2013
The present study examined the effect of caregivers' experiences of racial discrimination on their adolescent children's psychological functioning among a sample of 264 African American dyads. Potential relations between caregiver discrimination experiences and a number of indicators of adolescents' (aged 12-17) psychological functioning over time…
Descriptors: Caregivers, African Americans, Racial Discrimination, Adolescents