Successful ageing in an area of deprivation: Part 2-A quantitative exploration of the role of personality and beliefs in good health in old age

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 814-821

  Gilhooly, M ^a   Hanlon, P ^b   Cullen, B ^c   Macdonald, S ^b   Whyte, B ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Glasgow Centre for Population Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Healthy ageing; MIDSPAN; Personality; Psychological characteristics; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RELIGION;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERSONALITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35348878491     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Kivimaki M., Feldt T., Vahtera J., and Nurmi J.-E. Sense of coherence and health: evidence from two cross lagged longitudinal samples. Soc Sci Med 50 (2000) 583-597
2. Coleman P.G. Personality, health and ageing. J Royal Soc Med 90 Suppl. 32 (1997) 27-33
3. Eysenck H.J., and Eysenck S.B.G. Personality structure and measurement (1976), Routledge, London
4. Ogden J. Health psychology: a textbook (1996), Open University Press, Buckingham
5. Davis C., Ralevski E., Kennedy S.H., and Neitzert D. The role of personality factors in the reporting of side-effect complaints to moclobemide and placebo: a study of healthy male and female volunteers. J Clin Psychopharmacol 15 (1995) 347-352
6. Jerram K.L., and Coleman P.G. The big five personality traits and reporting of health problems and health behaviour in old age. Br J Health Psychol 4 (1999) 181-192
7. Francis L.J., Fearn M., and Lewis C.A. The impact of personality on attitudes toward alcohol among 16-18 year olds in Northern Ireland. J Religion Health 44 3 (2005) 267-289
8. Frigon J.Y. Extraversion, neuroticism and strength of the nervous system. Br J Psychol 67 4 (1976) 467-474
9. Beauducel A., Brocke B., and Leue A. Energetical bases of extraversion: effort, arousal, EEG, and performance. Int J Psychophysiol 62 2 (2006) 212-223
10. Stelmack R.M. Biological bases of extraversion: psychophysiological evidence. J Pers 58 1 (1990) 293-311
11. Eysenck H. Biological dimensions of personality. In: Pervin A. (Ed). Handbook of personality (1990), Guilford, New York 244-276
12. Rotter JB. General expectancies for internal versus external locus of control of reinforcement, Psychol Monogr 1966; 80 (whole part).
13. Levenson H. Activism and powerful others: distinctions within the concept of internal-external locus of control. J Pers Assessment 38 (1974) 377-383
14. Lachman M.E. Locus of control in aging research: a case for multidimensional and domain-specific assessment. Psychol Aging 1 (1986) 34-40
15. Wallston K.A., Wallston B.S., and DeVellis R. Development of the multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC) scales. Health Educ Monogr 6 2 Spring (1978) 160-170
16. Abraham C., and Shanley E. Social psychology for nurses: understanding interaction in health care (1992), Edward Arnold, London
17. Lachman M.E., Ziff M.A., and Spiro A. Maintaining a sense of control in later life. In: Abeles R., Gift H., and Ory M. (Eds). Aging and quality of life (1994), Sage, New York 116-132
18. Baltes MM, Baltes PB, editors. The psychology of control and aging. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1986.
19. Rodin J. Aging and health; effects of the sense of control. Science 233 (1986) 1271-1276
20. Rowe J.W., and Kahn R.L. Human aging: usual and successful. Science 237 (1987) 143-149
21. Lachman M.E., and Weaver S.L. The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. J Pers Soc Psychol 74 3 (1998) 763-773
22. Carver C.S., and Scheier M.E. Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: theoretical overview and empirical update. Cognitive Ther Res 16 (1992) 201-228
23. Carver C.S., and Gaines J.G. Optimism, pessimism and post-partum depression. Cognitive Ther Res 11 (1987) 449-462
24. Carver C.S., et al. How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: a study of women with early stage breast cancer. J Pers Soc Psychol 65 (1993) 375-390
25. Fournier M., de Rudder D., and Bensing J. Optimism and adaptation to multiple sclerosis: what does optimism mean?. J Behav Med 4 (1999) 303-326
26. Bedi G., and Brown S.L. Optimism, coping style and emotional well-being in cardiac patients. Br J Health Psychol 10 (2005) 57-70
27. Antonovksy A. Unravelling the mystery of health: how people manage stress and stay well (1987), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
28. Flannery R.B., and Flannery G. Sense of coherence, life stress and psychological distress: a prospective methodological inquiry. J Clin Psychol 46 (1990) 415-420
29. Eskin F. Why people stay healthy. Letter. Br Med J 314 (1997) 1347
30. Eriksson M., and Lindström B. Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale and the relation with health: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 60 (2006) 376-381
31. McFadden SH. Religion, spirituality and aging. In: Birren J, Schaie KW, editors. Handbook of the psychology of aging, 4th ed., 1996. p. 162-77 [Chapter 9].
32. Levin J.S. Religion and health: is there an association, is it valid, and is it causal?. Soc Sci Med 38 11 (1994) 1475-1482
33. Hood Jr. R.W., Spilka B., Hunsberger B., and Gorsuch R. The psychology of religion: an empirical approach (2003), Guilford Press, New York
34. Idler E. Religious involvement and the health of the elderly: some hypotheses and an initial test. Social Forces 66 1 (1987) 226-238
35. Coleman P., and O'Hanlon A. Ageing and development: theories and research (2004), Arnold, London
36. Gilhooly M, Hanlon P, Mowat H, Cullen B, Macdonald S, Whyte B. Successful ageing in an area of deprivation: Part 1-a qualitative exploration of the role of life experiences in good health in old age. Public Health this issue, doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.005.
37. Eysenck H.J., and Eysenck S.B.G. The EPQ (1975), University of London Press, London
38. Eysenck H.J. Dimensions of personality (1947), Routledge and Kegan Paul, London
39. Eysenck H.J., and Eysenck S.B.G. Personality structure and measurement (1969), Routledge and Kegan Paul, London
40. Eysenck H.J., and Eysenck S.B.G. The EPQ (1975), University of London Press, London
41. Wallston K.A., and Wallston B.A. Development for the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scales. Health Educ Monogr 6 2 (1978) 160-170
42. Wallston B.S., Wallston K.A., Kaplan G.D., and Maides S.A. The development and validation of the health related locus of control (HLC) scale. J Consult Clin Psychol 44 (1976) 580-585
43. Scheier M.F., and Carver C.S. Optimism, coping and health: assessment and implications of generalised outcome expectancies. Health Psychology 4 (1985) 219-247
44. Antonovsky A. Health, stress and coping: new perspectives on mental health and physical well-being (1979), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
45. Geyer S. Some conceptual considerations on the sense of coherence. Soc Sci Med 44 (1997) 1771-1779
46. Frenz A.W., Carey M.P., and Jorgensen R.S. Psychometric evaluation of Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale. Psychol Assessment 5 (1993) 145-153
47. Eriksson M., and Lindström B. Validity of Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 59 (2005) 460-466
48. Ai A.L., Peterson C., Bolling S.F., and Koenig H. Private prayer and optimism in middle-aged and older patients awaiting cardiac surgery. Gerontologist 42 1 (2002) 70-81
49. George Koenig H., Michael E., McCullough M.E., David B., and Larson D.B. Handbook of religion and health (2001), Oxford University Press, Oxford
50. Fetzer Institute/National Institute on Aging Working Group. Multidimensional measurement of religiousness/spirituality for use in health research. John E Fetzer Institute, October 1999. Reprinted 2003 〈. http://www.fetzer.org/PDF/Total_Fetzer_Book.pdf〉.
51. Costa P.T., and McCrae R.R. Personality as a lifelong determinant of wellbeing. In: Maletesta C.Z., and Izard C.E. (Eds). Emotion in adult development (1984), Sage, Beverley Hills, CA 141-157
52. Jerram K.L., and Coleman P.G. The big five personality traits and reporting of health problems and health behaviour in old age. Br J Health Psychology 4 (1999) 181-192
53. Wallston P.A., and Wallston B.S. Who is responsible for your health: the construct of locus of control. In: Sanders G.S., and Suls J. (Eds). Social psychology and health and illness (1982), Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsday, NJ
54. Lachman M.E. Perceived control over memory aging: developmental and intervention perspectives. J Soc Issues 47 (1991) 159-175
55. Kelley H.H., and Michela J.J. Attribution theory and research. Annu Rev Psychol 31 (1980) 457-501
56. Antonovsky A. Health, stress and coping: new perspectives on mental health and physical well-being (1979), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco