Journal article
Longitudinal Predictors of Attitudes Toward Aging Among Women With Multiple Sclerosis
Psychology and aging, Vol.23(4), pp.823-832
12/01/2008
DOI: 10.1037/a0013802
PMCID: PMC2763588
PMID: 19140653
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of change in functional limitation (FL). controlling for social support (SS), on attitudes toward aging using longitudinal survey data collected over a 7-year period. The 503 women with multiple sclerosis (MS; age, M = 57 years, SD = 10.25) were mostly Anglo (93%) and married (69%). First, the authors identified a quadratic growth model as the best for describing change in FL. Next, they considered SS as a time-varying covariate of FL to assess both within- and between-individual effects of SS on FL over time. Within individuals. higher FL levels were associated with lower SS levels. Between individuals, level of but not change in FL was associated with average SS level. Finally, average SS and response level and change in FL were Studied as predictors Of attitudes toward aging, accounting for 38% of the variance. Women with higher FL and lower SS scores had more negative views of aging. Negative views of aging among women with MS may have long-term consequences for their health outcomes as well as for the quality of their later years.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Longitudinal Predictors of Attitudes Toward Aging Among Women With Multiple Sclerosis
- Creators
- Tracie Harrison - The University of Texas at AustinShelley Blozis - University of California, DavisAlexa Stuifbergen - The University of Texas at Austin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychology and aging, Vol.23(4), pp.823-832
- DOI
- 10.1037/a0013802
- PMID
- 19140653
- PMCID
- PMC2763588
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychol Aging
- ISSN
- 0882-7974
- eISSN
- 1939-1498
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696716302771
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