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Understanding Associations of Control Beliefs, Social Relations, and Well-Being in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis
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Ferreira, Vanessa M.; Sherman, Aurora M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2006
Control beliefs and social relationships have been individually assessed in relation to adaptation to chronic illness, although only rarely together. Further, some control scales show psychometric limitations in older adult samples. To address these concerns, a scale assessing external control was created by factor analyzing the items from…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Older Adults, Psychometrics, Life Satisfaction