Journal article
Does Cognitive Training Improve Internal Locus of Control Among Older Adults?
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, Vol.65B(5), pp.591-598
2010
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp117
PMCID: PMC2920943
PMID: 20008028
Abstract
Objectives.
We evaluated the effect of cognitive training among 1,534 participants in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) randomized controlled trial (RCT) on 5-year improvements in 3 cognitive-specific measures of locus of control-internal, chance, and powerful others.
Methods.
ACTIVE was a multisite RCT (age ≥ 65), with 4 groups (memory, reasoning, speed of processing, and no-contact control). Complete 5-year follow-up data were available for 1,534 (55%) of the 2,802 participants. A propensity score model was used to adjust for potential attrition bias. Clinically important improvements (and decrements) in the cognitive-specific locus of control scale scores were defined as greater than or equal to 0.5 SD (medium) and greater than or equal to 1.0 SD (large). Multinomial logistic regression was used to simultaneously contrast those who improved and those who declined with those whose locus of control scale score was unchanged.
Results.
Statistically significant effects reflecting medium-sized (≥0.5 SD) improvements in internal locus of control between baseline and the 5-year follow-up were found for the reasoning and speed of processing intervention groups who were 76% (p < .01) and 68% (p < .05) more likely, respectively, to improve than the no-contact control group. No improvement effects were found on the chance or powerful others locus of control measures or for the memory intervention group.
Conclusion.
Cognitive training that targets reasoning and speed of processing can improve the cognitive-specific sense of personal control over one's life in older adults.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Does Cognitive Training Improve Internal Locus of Control Among Older Adults?
- Creators
- Fredric D Wolinsky - 1Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies into Practice, Iowa City, IowaMark W Vander Weg - 1Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies into Practice, Iowa City, IowaRené Martin - 1Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies into Practice, Iowa City, IowaFrederick W Unverzagt - 5Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, IndianapolisSherry L Willis - 6Department of Human Development and Aging, University Park, Pennsylvania State UniversityMichael Marsiske - 7Department of Health Psychology, University of Florida, GainesvilleGeorge W Rebok - 8Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandJohn N Morris - 9Research Department, Hebrew Senior-Life, Boston, MassachusettsKarlene K Ball - 10Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at BirminghamSharon L Tennstedt - 11Institute for Aging Studies, New England Research Institutes, Boston, Massachusetts
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, Vol.65B(5), pp.591-598
- DOI
- 10.1093/geronb/gbp117
- PMID
- 20008028
- PMCID
- PMC2920943
- NLM abbreviation
- J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
- ISSN
- 1079-5014
- eISSN
- 1758-5368
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984064188202771
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