title: Church-based social support, functional disability, and change in personal control over time.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to see whether measures of church-based and secular social support offset the effects of functional disability on change in feelings of personal control over time. Survey data were obtained from Wave 2 and Wave 3 of a nationwide sample of older adults (N = 583). The findings suggest that spiritual support from fellow church members offsets the effects of functional disability on change in feelings of personal control over time. In contrast, neither emotional support from fellow church members nor emotional support from secular social network members exerted a similar effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA, nkrause@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: R David
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States
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