Experimental and Measurement Approaches to Internal Control in At‐Risk Older Adults

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1966 • 21,432 citations

The structure of coping.

1978 • 6,799 citations

The Structure of Coping

1978 • 5,086 citations

Changing the world and changing the self: A two-process model of perceived control.

1982 • 1,997 citations

The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: A field experiment in an institutional setting.

1976 • 1,257 citations

DIFFERENTIATING AMONG INTERNALITY, POWERFUL OTHERS, AND CHANCE

1981 • 1,053 citations

The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: A field experiment in an institutional setting.

1976 • 1,026 citations

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1965 • 955 citations

Aging and Health: Effects of the Sense of Control

1986 • 951 citations

Internal‐External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth*

1969 • 621 citations

Dimensions of internal versus external control.

1970 • 476 citations

Effects of control and predictability on the physical and psychological well-being of the institutionalized aged.

1976 • 437 citations

Aging and the Environment: Theoretical Approaches

1982 • 429 citations

Four components of the Rotter Internal-External scale: Belief in a difficult world, a just world, a predictable world, and a politically responsive world.

1974 • 352 citations

Effects of control and predictability on the physical and psychological well-being of the institutionalized aged.

1976 • 345 citations

Positive and negative social ties among older adults: Measurement models and the prediction of psychological distress and well‐being

1989 • 217 citations

Advances in Environmental Psychology

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Some everyday life consequences of disability and bereavement for older adults.

1990 • 64 citations

A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders.

1990 • 62 citations

Helplessness and Hopelessness among the Institutionalized Aged: An Experiment

1979 • 61 citations

Dispositional Control Beliefs and the Consequences of a Control-Enhancing Intervention

1990 • 60 citations

A perceived control intervention for at-risk older adults.

1989 • 46 citations

Some everyday life consequences of disability and bereavement for older adults.

1990 • 44 citations

Factor structure of mental health measures for older adults.

1988 • 43 citations

Nursing Homes for the Birds: A Control-Relevant Intervention with Bird Feeders

1983 • 41 citations

Factor structure of mental health measures for older adults.

1988 • 35 citations

Measuring Locus of Control in Elderly Persons

1990 • 29 citations

Effects of disability and bereavement on the mental health and recovery of older adults.

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Effects of disability and bereavement on the mental health and recovery of older adults.

1989 • 21 citations