Everyday Activity Parameters and Competence in Older Adults

Parameters of everyday activities in relation to cognitive, social, and emotional competence were examined in 2 studies. The parameters included frequency, difficulty, importance, intentions for future activities, changes in past activities, and ability of performance. The challenge hypothesis, in w...

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Published in:Psychology and aging 1997-12, Vol.12 (4), p.600-609
Main Authors: Pushkar, Dolores, Arbuckle, Tannis, Conway, Michael, Chaikelson, June, Maag, Urs
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult. Elderly
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Processes
Competence
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developmental psychology
Elderly people
Emotional Adjustment
Everyday actions
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Happiness
Health Status
Human
Humans
Male
Mental Competency
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Older people
Personality
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Quebec
Regression Analysis
Sex Factors
Social Adjustment
Social Processes
Social Support
Task Performance and Analysis
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Summary:Parameters of everyday activities in relation to cognitive, social, and emotional competence were examined in 2 studies. The parameters included frequency, difficulty, importance, intentions for future activities, changes in past activities, and ability of performance. The challenge hypothesis, in which performance of optional activities experienced as moderately difficult is associated with greatest well-being, was also tested. Two samples of older adults completed a life history interview and measures of psychological functioning. Parameters of activities necessary for maintaining an independent engaged lifestyle were measured by the Everyday Activities Questionnaire. In both studies, competence variables helped explain activity parameters independently of age and demographic variables. There was no support for the challenge hypothesis in either study.
ISSN:0882-7974
1939-1498
DOI:10.1037/0882-7974.12.4.600