| Title | Native American elders' health congruence: the role of gender and corresponding functional well-being, hospital admissions, and social engagement |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Ruthig, JC, Allery, A |
| Journal | J Health PsycholJ Health Psychol |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pagination | 1072-81 |
| Date Published | Nov |
| ISBN Number | 1359-1053 (Print)<br/>1359-1053 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 18987080 |
| Keywords | Activities of Daily Living/psychology, Aged, Aged, 80 and Over, Analysis of Variance, Chronic Disease/psychology, Exercise/psychology, Female, Gender Identity, Health Status, Humans, Indians, North American/ psychology, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Admission, Personal Satisfaction, Questionnaires, Self Concept, Sex Characteristics, Social Behavior |
| Abstract | Addressing the need to explore how Native American (NA) elders' subjective health (SH) compares to their objective health (OH; chronic disease conditions), we examined whether: congruence between 8191 NA elders' SH and OH parallels that of non-NA elders; health optimism (SH > OH) is protective and health pessimism (SH |
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