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Carter, Alice Powers, Biopsvchosocial Factors Related
to Health among Older Women. Doctor of Philosophy (Health
Psychology/Behavioral Medicine), August, 1995, 135 pages, 21
tables, 4 figures, references, 151 titles.
Older adults are more vulnerable to the ill effects of
life stress due to physiological changes associated with
aging that result in decreased immunocompetence. Stressors
interacting with an aging immune system may produce further
declines in health. Variables shown to modulate the effect
of stressors on neuroendocrine and immune function and
health include social support, personality, coping style,
and health locus of control. A comprehensive model is
proposed that includes: life stressors, social resources,
psychological resources, interaction between stressors and
social resources, neuroendocrine and immune function, and
symptomatology. This model was evaluated using structured
equation modeling. Participants were 97 active, community-
dwelling, older women, ranging in age from 60 to 93 years.
Two factors, physical and psychological symptomatology,
provided a good fit of the measurement model to the data for
initial symptomatology. Using exploratory and confirmatory
factor analyses, adequate fits for the measurement models of
psychological resources and social resources were obtained.
After eliminating indicators of Personality and Health Locus
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Carter, Alice Powers. Biopsychosocial Factors Related to Health among Older Women, dissertation, August 1995; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277811/m1/3/: accessed April 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .