title: Doing well: a SEM analysis of the relationships between various activities of daily living and geriatric well-being.
abstract: An existing large data set, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) with the subsequent addition of the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS) data, provides a rich data set for the examination of the activities of older adults. In this study HRS and CAMS data are used to examine relationships between various activities of daily living (ADLs) and well-being in older adults. Using structural equation modeling, influences of direct and indirect factors that affect older individuals' cognitive and emotional well-being are analyzed. The data suggest ability to perform ADLs has little to do with cognitive well-being, but is an influential factor in determining emotional well-being.
authors.affiliation: nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161344, Orlando, Florida 32816-1344, USA. jkatt@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Katt
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shore
authors.forename: Karen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Saenz
authors.forename: E Lea
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Witta
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology