The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Control in Late Life Health Behavior.

The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Control in Late Life Health Behavior.

Research has established the health benefits of psychological factors, including the way individuals appraise outcomes. Although many studies confirm that appraising outcomes as controllable is adaptive for health, a paradoxical possibility is largely ignored: Perceived control may be detrimental un...

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Main Authors: Judith G Chipperfield, Raymond P Perry, Reinhard Pekrun, Petra Barchfeld, Frieder R Lang, Jeremy M Hamm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148921&type=printable
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