Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strategies to optimize personal functioning and well-being. The present paper studied adaptive choice behavior of older, independently living persons faced with complications in their houses. The goal was to gain insight into the concrete coping process and its outcome-in terms of the choice of assimilative vs. accommodative strategies-and in the role of three determinants on this process. The determinants were perceived self-efficacy, importance of the problem, and personal dispositions (flexibility and tenacity). A sample of 199 independently-living older persons participated in an experiment that was based on a scenario and questionnaire method,...
It seems likely that proactive coping is an important mechanism for dealing successfully with threa...
This study utilized correlational design. Eighty (80) older persons who had or currently experiencin...
Resilience or the ability of an individual to maintain competence and attain adaptation despite nega...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
As people get older, their independence may be hindered by problems that confront them in the home. ...
As people get older, their independence may be hindered by problems that confront them in the home. ...
Older adults prefer to age in place, necessitating a match between person and environment, or person...
This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by MDPI and can be found at:...
Aging is characterized by decreasing resource gains and increasing resource losses in many life doma...
Older adults prefer to age in place, necessitating a match between person and environment, or person...
The present study focused on examining the use and efficacy of coping dispositions across age groups...
Introduction. Research on coping in advanced old age is scarce. In the present study, we explored co...
This article addresses the role played by adaptive self-regulation in protecting older adults' psych...
It seems likely that proactive coping is an important mechanism for dealing successfully with threa...
This study utilized correlational design. Eighty (80) older persons who had or currently experiencin...
Resilience or the ability of an individual to maintain competence and attain adaptation despite nega...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
Successful aging calls for effective adaptation, which in turn implies flexible use of coping strate...
As people get older, their independence may be hindered by problems that confront them in the home. ...
As people get older, their independence may be hindered by problems that confront them in the home. ...
Older adults prefer to age in place, necessitating a match between person and environment, or person...
This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by MDPI and can be found at:...
Aging is characterized by decreasing resource gains and increasing resource losses in many life doma...
Older adults prefer to age in place, necessitating a match between person and environment, or person...
The present study focused on examining the use and efficacy of coping dispositions across age groups...
Introduction. Research on coping in advanced old age is scarce. In the present study, we explored co...
This article addresses the role played by adaptive self-regulation in protecting older adults' psych...
It seems likely that proactive coping is an important mechanism for dealing successfully with threa...
This study utilized correlational design. Eighty (80) older persons who had or currently experiencin...
Resilience or the ability of an individual to maintain competence and attain adaptation despite nega...