Objectives In recent years, the concept of general self‐efficacy has increased in popularity.
General self‐efficacy is positively associated with quality of life and has the potential to act …

Background This study aimed to identify the relationships of self-management abilities and
frailty to perceived poor health among community-dwelling older people in the Netherlands …

Compared with older adults with disabilities and those who autonomously choose to live in
squalor, self-neglect syndrome arises from a predicate state of vulnerability in frail older …

Evidence suggests resilience promotes successful aging in place and protective factors
promote resilience. This study sought to investigate whether or not the combination of three …

Objectives Impairments in specific tasks that are necessary for independent living may
identify future self-care limitations, and the use of time-varying covariates can better capture …

Despite the importance of perceived self-efficacy for competence, adaptation, and well-
being in old age, few studies have systematically explored personality sources of, and racial …

Objectives: Older adults tend to experience decreased enjoyment and fulfillment in life,
social interactions, and independent living, with aging. These situations often result in lower …

This paper presents the results of two studies carried out in order to design and test a self-
report instrument to measure Self-Management Ability (the SMAS-30) in aging individuals …

Background Experiencing autonomy is recognised to promote health and well-being for all
age groups. Perceived lack of control has been found to be detrimental to physical and …

An ex post facto analysis of a secondary dataset examined relationships between physical
frailty, depression, and the self-perceived domains of health status and quality-of-life in older …