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Assessing Self Esteem and its Sources in Elderly People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Peter G. Coleman
Peter G. Coleman
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Senior Lecturer, Departments of Geriatric Medicine and Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, England.
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Abstract

A new form of measure is presented for assessing not only self esteem but also subjectively perceived sources of self esteem in elderly people. Such instruments have been developed for use both in the Netherlands and in England, using seven categories of sources of self esteem. First results have demonstrated their validity and potential application. The Dutch studies carried out so far have highlighted changes in level of self esteem in Dutch old people moving into homes for the elderly and the importance of the homes themselves as sources of self esteem. The English studies have shown differences in sources of self esteem in elderly people living in ordinary housing, residential homes and special sheltered housing. It is concluded that such instruments could play an important role in studies of individual adaptation to ageing and in the evaluation of different types of welfare provision.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 117 - 135
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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