Examining differences in behavioural avoidance between younger and older adults

VM Wuthrich, J Mohlman - Clinical Gerontologist, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
… In order to examine whether significant differences in avoidance behavior related to fear
types would remain once items selected to better capture avoidance in older adults were …

Balance confidence and fear of falling avoidance behavior are most predictive of falling in older adults: prospective analysis

MR Landers, S Oscar, J Sasaoka, K Vaughn - Physical therapy, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… that quantifies an individual's avoidance of specific activities due to … healthy older adults and
older adults with PD and CVA 28 … healthy older adults and older adults with PD and CVA 28 …

Avoidance behavior is an independent indicator of poorer on-road driving skills in older adults

P Schulz, T Beblo, S Spannhorst… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… This study suggest that avoidance behavior is an independent indicator of impaired driving
skills in older drivers. Our results argue against the assumption that avoidance behavior may …

Fear of falling and activity avoidance in a national sample of older adults in the United States

EM Bertera, RL Bertera - Health & Social Work, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… This study assesses the relationship between fear of falling and avoidance of nine everyday
activities critical to independence among community-dwelling older adults in the United …

Effects of a multicomponent cognitive behavioral group intervention on fear of falling and activity avoidance in community‐dwelling older adults: results of a …

GAR Zijlstra, JCM Van Haastregt… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
behavioral intervention showed positive and durable effects on fear of falling and associated
activity avoidance in community-dwelling older adults. … Falls are common in older people, …

Medical care avoidance among older adults

B Leyva, JM Taber, AN Trivedi - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… of older adults in the United States reported avoiding needed medical care. Older adults who
… more likely to report avoiding needed medical care. This is concerning because medical …

The avoidance of activities due to fear of falling contributes to sedentary behavior among community-dwelling older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a …

B Stubbs, S Patchay, A Soundy, P Schofield - Pain medicine, 2014 - academic.oup.com
… provisional evidence that avoidance of activities due … behavior in older adults with chronic
musculoskeletal pain. With this in mind, clinicians should consider addressing fear avoidance

Reprint of “Driving avoidance by older adults: Is it always self-regulation?”

LJ Molnar, DW Eby, JL Charlton, J Langford… - Accident Analysis & …, 2013 - Elsevier
… the motivations for such avoidance or driving reduction… older adults at multiple levels of
driver performance and decision making, taking into account the specific motivations for avoiding

Hope for the future and avoidance of the present: Associations with well-being in older adults

SJ Ferguson, AJ Taylor, C McMahon - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017 - Springer
… and experiential avoidance in older adults. In our sample of older adults we failed to confirm
the two factor structure of the Trait Hope Scale previously established in younger adults. A …

Collision avoidance behaviours between older adult and young adult walkers

V Rapos, ME Cinelli, R Grunberg, S Bourgaize… - Gait & Posture, 2021 - Elsevier
… The purpose of the current study was to examine collision avoidance behaviours in OA
and YA with another pedestrian on a 90 collision course. It is hypothesized that OA would …