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International conference addresses Mastery and control and the well-being of older populations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Participants at the Penn State Gerontology Center Conference on Societal Impacts on Personal Control in the Elderly examined theoretical issues and current knowledge to gain a better understanding of the role of mastery and control on the well-being of older populations. Penn State professors Dr. Steven H. Zarit, professor of human development, and Dr. K. Warner Schaie, Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology, co-chaired the conference with Dr. Leonard Pearlin, director of the University of Maryland Stress and Health Program. The 73 health care professionals attending the conference came from throughout the United States, as well as from Canada, Germany and Sweden. They explored four goals: the nature of mastery and control and its dimensional properties; the social, economic and experimental conditions that sustain or change the levels of older people’s sense of mastery and control; the role of mastery and control over the life course and during pivotal life transitions; and the consequences of mastery and control for health and well-being. The College of Health and Human Development sponsored the conference in cooperation with the Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania. Among the presenters during the conference were:
An outreach program of the College of Health and Human Development and the Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
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