Personality Traits as Predictors of Institutional Adaption Among the Aged

Turner, Barbara F.; Tobin, Sheldon S.; Lieberman, Morton A.

doi:10.1093/geronj/27.1.61

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“…It now appears that relocation (2931) increases the risk of mortality for those elderly who are already in poor physical health and for those who are depressed or mentally frail (32). Turner et al (31) studied the relationship of specific personality traits to institutional adaptation among the aged. Eighty‐five ambulatory subjects (average age, 78 years) who came to live in Jewish homes for the aged were assessed by a series of tests before and after admission.…”

Section: Adaptation In Old Agesupporting

confidence: 88%

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The Type A (Coronary‐Prone) Behavior Pattern, Aging, and Mortality

Sparacino

1979

J American Geriatrics Society

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Young and middle-aged persons displaying the Type A (coronary-prone) behavior pattern have been shown repeatedly to be at substantially increased risk of coronary heart disease. A review of recent empirical research regarding adaptability and survival among the elderly suggests the hypothesis that the clinical significance of Type A behavior may shift radically in old age. Thus, compared to Type B (not coronary-prone) subjects. Type As may be at lesser rather than greater risk of impairment and death.

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Section: Adaptation In Old Agesupporting

confidence: 88%

“…An appealing data base which goes beyond this finding is provided by Lieberman and his associates (28–31). It now appears that relocation (2931) increases the risk of mortality for those elderly who are already in poor physical health and for those who are depressed or mentally frail (32).…”

Section: Adaptation In Old Agementioning

confidence: 99%

The Type A (Coronary‐Prone) Behavior Pattern, Aging, and Mortality

Sparacino

1979

J American Geriatrics Society

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“…Nous avons trouve qu'une plus grande utilisation de la strategic de confrontation est associee a un meilleur bien-etre psychologique. Ce resultat rejoint l'observation que les residants qui s'adaptent le mieux sont ceux qui reagissent a leur environnement de maniere agressive plutot que passive (Turner, Tobin & Lieberman, 1972). Une autre strategie, la recherche de soutien social, est associee a un moins bon sentiment de bien-etre physique.…”

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Stratégies d'adaptation, symptômes dépressifs, anxiété et bien-être au sein des personnes âgées vivant en milieu institutionnel

Pinard¹,

Landreville

1998

Can. J. Aging

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Older persons living in Residential and extended care centres (RECC) have to cope with various Stressors associated with institutional life. While some residents cope successfully, a large proportion of this population presents difficulties in adjustment. Knowledge about the role of coping strategies in the adjustment process to nursing home Stressors is limited to strategies used in the first few months following admission to RECC. The goal of this exploratory study was to determine how various coping strategies are related to depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being of 90 residents living in RECC for more than three months. Individual interviews were used to collect the data. Significant correlations were observed between measures of psychological adaptation and the strategies of escape-avoidance and seeking social support. These results confirm than certain coping strategies are associated with adaptation to life in RECC.

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“…As predicted, greater individual congruence with the setting was correlated with better adaptation. Similar approaches have been developed by Turner, Tobin, & Lieberman (1972), Kahn (1979) and Kahana (1975), each with varying emphases on either internal or external factors. In all models, people are regarded as seeking out congruent environments and their QOL deteriorates to the extent that they do not succeed in that quest.…”

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Daily event causation: An approach to elderly life quality

Reich

1984

J. Community Psychol.

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A conceptual framework for analyzing the role of daily events in the quality of life (QOL) of the elderly is presented. Concepts involving perceptions of control over the causation of daily events are shown to relate to positive and negative aspects of adjustment. Prior research by the authors has shown the utility of assessing the following event sequence: causation of event, response to event, outcome of event activity. The elements in this sequence can be related independently to QOL, and each or all can be differentially impacted by the aging process. The literature on four aspects of aging (retirement, death of a significant other, relocation, and institutionalization) and activity, disengagement, and congruence models are reviewed from an event‐activity approach. A single case study demonstrating the potential utility of the approach is presented.

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Personality Traits as Predictors of Institutional Adaption Among the Aged

Cited by 49 publications

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The Type A (Coronary‐Prone) Behavior Pattern, Aging, and Mortality

The Type A (Coronary‐Prone) Behavior Pattern, Aging, and Mortality

Stratégies d'adaptation, symptômes dépressifs, anxiété et bien-être au sein des personnes âgées vivant en milieu institutionnel

Daily event causation: An approach to elderly life quality

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