Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Lourine Severo; RABELO, Dóris Firmino  and  QUEROZ, Nelma Caires. Life style, perceived control and quality of life: a study with the aged population of Patos de Minas-MG. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.2, pp. 416-430. ISSN 1808-4281.

The increased population of aged generated a concern and a necessity to rethink practical politics and related to the oldness, thus demanding the development of research that investigates the physical and psychological variables in order to provide better quality of life for the aged ones. The aim was to investigate health behaviors, perceived  control and the quality of life of the aged residents in the city of Patos de Minas - MG. Participated 364 aged, not institutionalized and that had reached the minimum score in the Mini-examination of the Mental State. The joined results had pointed that the sample presents a good set of health behaviors, the majority independent and having autonomy on itself, presented beliefs of personal and interpersonal control to deal with important circumstances of its life and had evaluated the quality of life satisfactorily.

Keywords : Perceived control; Quality of life; Elderly.

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