Nonauditory determinants of self-perceived hearing problems among older adults: The role of stressful life conditions, neuroticism, and social resources

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Mortimer, James A ^a   Haley, William E ^a   Hnath Chisolm, Theresa E ^a   Graves, Amy Borenstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0036300829     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.7.M466     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Self-perception versus associate's perception of hearing handicap in adults over the age of fifty
2. Validation of screening tools for identifying hearing-impaired elderly in primary care
3. Audiometric correlates of the hearing handicap inventory for the elderly
4. Determinants of self-reported disability in older subjects
5. Characteristics and comorbidities of rural older adults with hearing impairment
6. Prevalence rates of hearing impairment and comorbid conditions in older people: The Veneto Study
7. Discrepancies between self-reported and observed physical function in the elderly: The influence of response shift and other factors
8. Patterns of self-reported health in older adults before and after sentinel health events
9. Self-rated health and physical disability in elderly survivors of major medical events
10. Neuroticism, somatic complaints, and disease: Is the bark worse than bite?
11. Personality and health: Advantages and limitations of the Five-Factor Model
12. Health complaints, stress, and distress: Exploring the central role of negative affectivity
13. The role of neuroticism in the association between performance-based and self-reported measures of mobility
14. Audiologic and nonaudiologic correlates of hearing handicap in black elderly
15. Is apolipoprotein E a risk factor for cognitive impairment in normal aging? Evidence from a population-based sample of older adults
16. The hearing handicap inventory for the elderly: A new tool
17. Functional blindness and visual impairment in older adults from three communities
18. Assessing self-maintenance: Activities of daily living, mobility, and instrumental activities of daily living
19. Assessment of older people: Self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living
20. An epidemiology of disability among adults in the United States
21. A Guttman health scale for the aged
22. Distribution and desirability of life events in older adults: Population and policy implications
23. Association of life events and psychological distress in family caregivers of dementia patients
24. Assessing social networks among elderly populations
25. Social class differences in social support among older adults