| Promotion of self-management in friendship. | |
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PMID: 21777082 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study examines changes in self management abilities among women in a friendship enrichment programme. The study is based on the theory of self management of well-being which identifies relevant self-management skills as self-efficacy, taking initiative, investment behaviour and attaining variety in resources. An intervention group (N = 60) and a control group (N = 55) were studied at a baseline, three months and nine months later. Results indicate that the programme is effective in stimulating two of the four self-management abilities. Compared to the control group, participants in the intervention showed greater increases in initiative taking and more investment behaviour in friendship. There was no change in self-efficacy or variety in friendship. We conclude that older adult women are able to improve some self-management abilities in friendship after participating in this programme. Important goals for future studies are to improve the measurement of self-efficacy and relate improvement in self-management to subjective well-being. |
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Camille M S Martina; Nan L Stevens; Gerben J Westerhof |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-21 |
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Title: Aging & mental health Volume: - ISSN: 1364-6915 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-7-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9705773 Medline TA: Aging Ment Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Centre for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen , Nijmegen , the Netherlands. |
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