The relationship between cognitive function and life space: The potential role of personal control beliefs

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-374

  Sartori, Andrea C ^a   Wadley, Virginia G ^b   Clay, Olivio J ^a   Parisi, Jeanine M ^c   Rebok, George W ^c   Crowe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Control beliefs; Life space

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CARE AGENCY; SOCIAL STATUS; THINKING; VELOCITY; AGING; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; THINKING;

EID: 84867410656     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025212     Document Type: Article

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