Proceedings of a conference held Oct. 9-10, 2000 at Pennsylvania State University, sponsored by the University's Gerontology Center.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Personal control: some conceptual turf and future directions / Leonard I. Pearlin and Mark F. Pioli -- Some thoughts on aging, social structures, and sense of control / Ronald P. Abeles -- Embedding control beliefs in social and cultural context / Linda K. George -- Social foundations of personal control in late life / Neal Krause -- Perceived, generalized, and learned aspects of personal control / Scott Schieman -- Cultural variations in meaning of control / Marilyn McKean Skaff and Phillip Gardiner -- Sense of control and aging: racial and cultural factors / Kyriakos S. Markides.