Personal Control in Social and Life Course Contexts

by Zarit, Steven H.; Pearlin, Leonard I.; Schaie, K. Warner

• ISBN13: 9780826124029
• ISBN10: 082612402X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

This volume begins with an examination of the theoretical framework of mastery and control as it applies to the study of aging. The contributors then address cultural and social sources of mastery and control involving factors such as social class, education, race, and ethnicity. Further exploration includes the functions of mastery; its effect on coping abilities, and whether mastery influences diverse actions and dispositions such as alienation, social activities, and religious beliefs in older individuals. Finally the practical implications of the concept of personal control are brought into focus.

Table of Contents

Contributor	vii
Preface	ix
Personal Control: Some Conceptual Turf and Future Directions	1	(44)
Leonard I. Pearlin
Mark F. Pioli
Commentary: Some Thoughts on Aging, Social Structures, and Sense of Control	23	(10)
Ronald P. Abeles
Commentary: Embedding Control Beliefs in Social and Cultural Context	33	(12)
Linda K. George
The Social Foundations of Personal Control in Late Life	45	(38)
Neal Krause
Commentary: Perceived, Generalized, and Learned Aspects of Personal Control	71	(12)
Scott Schieman
Cultural Variations in Meaning of Control	83	(44)
Marilyn McKean Skaff
Phillip Gardiner
Commentary: Sense of Control and Aging: Racial and Cultural Factors	107	(8)
Kyriakos S. Markides
Commentary: A Cultural Contextual Model of Personal Control: Controlling Reality or the Reality of Control	115	(12)
Pamela Braboy Jackson
John J. Wilkins III
Social Structure, Stress, and Personal Control	127	(62)
William R. Avison
John Cairney
Commentary: Personal Control: Mediation, Measurement, and Malleability	165	(8)
Richard H. Price
Commentary: Social Aspects of Stress: Networks, Choices, and Values	173	(16)
Jane D. McLeod
Planful Competence, the Life Course, and Aging: Retrospect and Prospect	189	(44)
Michael J. Shanahan
Scott M. Hofer
Richard A. Miech
Commentary: Planful Competence Across the Life Span: An Issue of Construct Validity	213	(12)
Fredda Blanchard-Fields
Commentary: The Influence of Cohort on Personal Control Among Aging Persons	225	(8)
Margaret E. Ensminger
The Life Span Theory of Control: Issues and Evidence	233	(68)
Richard Schulz
Carsten Wrosch
Jutta Heckhausen
Commentary: Is the Life Span Theory of Control a Theory of Development or a Theory of Coping?	263	(18)
Corinna E. Lockenhoff
Laura L. Carstensen
Afterword: Applications of Personal Control	281	(20)
Steven H. Zarit
Sara A. Leitsch
Author Index	301	(10)
Subject Index	311