Attachment and quality of life in older, community-residing men.
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which demographic variables and attachment predicted quality of life in community-dwelling older men. The subjects were 100 men aged 58 to 84 (M = 68.4). Hierarchical regression revealed that two demographic variables, plus the attachment variable, accounted for 30% of the variance in predicting quality of life. Having no limiting health condition accounted for 17% of the variance, while education accounted for an additional 5% of the variance. The attachment total score accounted for an additional 8% of the variance in predicting quality of life.
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School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin.
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Parra
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D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States