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Health locus of control, depression and quality of life in people who are elderly
Author(s) -
Bramston Paul,
Tomasevic Vilma
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2001.tb00385.x
Subject(s) - locus of control , learned helplessness , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics
Objectives: This study examines the relationship between quality of life, depression and three aspects of health locus of control for people living in retirement villages .Method: A total of 101 people who are elderly living in a south Queensland city completed self‐report scales of life quality, depression, and health locus of control . Results and Conclusion : The results revealed that attributing control over one's health to powerful others can be linked with greater helplessness and depression which in turn is linked with lower perceptions of aspects of life quality. Depression was found to be a mediator between locus of health control and quality of life .