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Self-serving appraisal as a cognitive coping strategy to deal with age-related limitations: an empirical study with elderly adults in a real-life stressful situation
- Authors:
- DE RAEDT Rudi, PONJAERT-KRISTOFFERSEN I.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 10(2), March 2006, pp.195-203.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Elderly people are often confronted with stressful events that threaten psychological homeostasis. Nevertheless, the lack of a general age-related drop in life satisfaction remains intriguing. The objective of this study was to analyze the basic mechanisms of perceived control and self-protective processes. Eighty-four elderly adults who underwent a fitness-to-drive evaluation were asked how they appraised their performance in a driving simulation task and were classified as over-estimators versus people who estimated their performance correctly and people who didn’t overestimate their performance. Decreased physical resources were related to self-serving appraisal and less depressive feelings. The results are in line with theories on self-immunizing processes and provide support for the use of cognitive therapies in dealing with age-related limitations.
Bully off!
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Speakup, who have been making friendly information on video for 8 years now, made a video called "Bully Off!" The video (now on DVD) shows lots of people talking about being bullied and some scenes showing where bullying can take place. The video gives advice on what to do if being bullied.
It's my life?
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Alison worked on her life plan. She has lots of things that are important to her like her family, Speakup and her house. She wants to do lots of things like getting a job and going on holiday. These are life choices and she puts them in the stars because they are important to her.
Dialling 999
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Dialling 999 could save somebody's life. The DVD tells of Val who was out for a walk one morning and saw a man collapsed on the pavement. She didn't panic, found a phone and dialled 999. This DVD is good to watch with the other Speakup DVD’s “Safety First” and “Bully Off!” and makes a training pack for school leavers.
Strategies for self-management of HIV-related anxiety
- Authors:
- KEMPPAINEN J. K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 18(6), August 2006, pp.597-607.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study examines the frequency and effectiveness of commonly used strategies for self management of anxiety in an international sample of 502 participants from Norway (n=42, 8%), Taiwan (n=35, 7%), and the US (n=426, 85%). An activities checklist summarized into five categories of self-care behaviours including activities/thoughts, exercise, medications, complementary therapies, and substance use determined self-care behaviours. Ratings of frequency and effectiveness for each self-care activity were also included. Praying received the highest overall rating of effectiveness of any self-management strategies included in this study at 8.10 (scale 1 to 10), followed by meditation (7.37), exercising (7.32), using relaxation techniques (7.22), cooking (6.98), and walking (6.90). An analysis of effectiveness scores for each self-care strategy by country reflected a wide variation. The three most effective anxiety self-care strategies reported by participants from Norway included exercise (7.31), walking (6.96), and reading (6.44). Highest ratings of effectiveness by participants from Taiwan included talking with others with HIV (6.0), attending support groups (6.0), and exercising (6.0). US participants allocated highest ratings of effectiveness to complementary/alternative therapies, including praying (8.10), meditating (7.43), and using relaxation techniques (7.35). Regardless of the country, watching television and talking with family and friends were the two most frequently reported strategies. These strategies for self-management of HIV-related anxiety are important for clinicians to be aware of in the care of persons with HIV/AIDS.
People dependent of support in daily activities perceives reduced self-determination – a cross-sectional study with community-dwelling older people
- Authors:
- HAMMAR Isabelle Ottenvall, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 16(4), 2015, pp.208-221.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of self-determination with degree of dependence in daily activities among community-dwelling persons aged 80 years and older. Design/methodology/approach: This cross-sectional study focused on community-dwelling people 80 years or older with varied degree of dependence in daily activities. Self-determination in daily life was assessed with the statements from the Impact on Participation and Autonomy-Older persons (IPA-O), and degree of dependence in daily activities was assessed with the activities of daily living (ADL) staircase. Data were analysed using Fisher’s exact test, and the relative risk with a 95 per cent confidence interval was used to explore the risk of perceiving reduced self-determination in daily life. Findings: Compared to the independent persons, the perceived self-determination was significantly lower among persons dependent in instrumental activities of daily living (I-ADL), and persons dependent in personal activities of daily living (P-ADL). Reduced self-determination was most pronounced in persons requiring help with P-ADL. Practical implications: Following key features could be applied to strengthen the community-dwelling older people’s self-determination; incorporating a dialogue where self-determined questions are raised; adopting a person-centred approach between the persons involved; acknowledging older people’s capabilities – what they are able to do and to be, and what they value. Originality/value: This study highlights the need of integrating a self-determined dialogue into healthcare where the older person and the professional focus on self-determined questions. (Publisher abstract)
It's still your life!
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
This DVD explains the most popular tools used to help people make a Person Centred Plan. These are MAP, PATH, Health Action and Essential Lifestyle Planning This is Alison. A few years ago she was very unhappy with her life and thought there were lots of things she wanted to do but couldn’t. A friend of hers told her about Person Centred Planning, which helps people to plan their life and do the things they really want to do. It also helps you work our how you are going to do these things and what support you might need to do them. She then met with someone she trusted to help her plan her dreams and make a plan called a "lifeplan".
Care recipients' psychological well-being: the role of sense of control and caregiver type
- Author:
- BROWN Edna
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 11(4), July 2007, pp.405-414.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The current study tested mediation and moderation hypotheses to examine the link between caregiver type, sense of control, and depressive symptoms in older adult care recipients. All recipients (127 older adults, aged 60-98) reported at least one instrumental activity of daily living impairment and 75% reported at least one activity of daily living limitation. Results indicated that care recipients' depressive symptoms varied by caregiver type and level of sense of control. Recipients with low sense of control and family caregivers reported higher depressive symptoms than those with a low sense of control and non-family caregivers. The findings suggest that although some care recipients have caregivers they may yet experience poor psychological well-being. Implications for practitioners are that in addition to their medical and physical health needs, the psychological well-being of care recipients is also important to consider.
It's still my life?
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Alison moved house and has a nice flat which she finds easier to look after. She used to have a budgie in her old house.....she wasn't allowed any pets in her new flat so she let a friend look after it for her. Val is Alison’s sister.....she is meeting Alison in town so they can go and look for a holiday. Last year Alison said she wanted to go on holiday....they have to find somewhere nice to go and then book it in a shop like this one. It takes some time to plan a holiday and then save the money to pay for it.
Making a will
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
The dvd is addressed to people with learning disabilities. It says "If you don't make a will, nobody would know who you wanted to leave your things or money to. This might upset your friends and family and they might argue about it. An important person called a Solicitor needs to help you make a Will. They make sure the things you say are written down so everyone understands them and so the Will is legal".