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Determinants of Adaptive Behavior among Older Persons: Self-Efficacy, Importance, and Personal Dispositions as Directive Mechanisms.
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Slangen-De Kort, Yvonne A. W.; Midden, Cees J. H.; Aarts, Henk; van Wagenberg, F. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2001
Studied adaptive choice behavior of older, independently living persons faced with complications in their houses. The goal was to gain insight into the coping process and its outcome--in terms of assimilative vs. accommodative strategies--and in the role of three determinants on this process. Determinants were perceived self efficacy, importance…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Independent Living, Individual Development