Integrating Curriculum and Practice with Students and their Field Supervisors: Reflections on Spirituality and the Aging (Rosa) Model |
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| Authors: | Julie Birkenmaier Gary Behrman Marla Berg-Weger |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social Work , Saint Louis University , Saint Louis, Missouri, USA;2. Graduate School, Saint Louis University , Saint Louis, Missouri, USA;3. Saint Louis University , Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
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| Abstract: | Previous research has found links between older adults' future orientation—hope, optimism, and death anxiety—and their physical and mental health; however, these relationships may be confounded by other psychosocial variables such as locus of control and social support. The purpose of the present study was to isolate the effects of future orientation in order to determine which future orientation variable or variables predict physical and mental health among older adults. Older adults (n = 182) completed a survey. After controlling for the effects of sociodemographic and psychosocial variables, hope emerged as the sole predictor of both physical health and mental health. This indicates that hope is a reliable predictor of physical and mental health among older adults. |
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