The Structure of Self-Regulation and Its Psychological and Physical Health Correlates in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Self-regulation refers to effortful control over one's thoughts, emotions, choices, impulses, and behaviors, and has implications for older adults' health. Executive function, physiological, and subjective indices have all been proposed to reflect self-regulation. Pairwise associations among these indices have been previously examined; however, a self-regulation constellation encompassing all of these indices has never been tested in older adults. The present study described the relationships among indices of self-regulation and tested their between- and within-person associations with upstream personality factors (conscientiousness) and downstream psychological and physical health in 149 older adults aged 60-93 years, assessed semi-annually for five years (up to 10 waves). Indices of self

SUBMITTER: Reed RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250393 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature