Relationship of Family Background Variables to Locus of Control in the Elderly
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 35 (1) , 108-114
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/35.1.108
Abstract
The present study sought to determine how family variables are related to locus of control, under the hypothesis that a larger and more cohesive family would provide greater reinforcement for the elderly person's actions. Two hundred elderly aged 60 to 90 were interviewed at home and given rotter's I-E scale. After removing effects of age and socioeconomic status, in a regression analysis, number of living brothers, sibling cohesiveness, and child cohesiveness accounted for 8% of variance in locus of control, with cohesiveness related to greater internality.Keywords
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