Health hopes and fears for the future in relation to health behavior and current health status.
J Health Psychol
; 18(12): 1509-18, 2013 Dec.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23221490
ABSTRACT
We examined the relationships among age, health, beliefs, and possible-selves. Using a new approach based on health-related possible-selves, young-old and older individuals were separated into specific health types (1) improvement or maintenance health hopes and (2) preventable or unpreventable health fears. The young-old perceived greater capability to achieve health hopes and reported more health activities than older individuals; the older group reported more maintenance than improvement. More unpreventable fears were related to experiencing higher pain and worse physical functioning. Health types provide useful information about individual differences in health behavior and beliefs and are sensitive to current health status.
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Assunto principal:
Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Nível de Saúde
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Medo
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Esperança
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article