Objective: In the present study it was be evaluated the incidence that control beliefs and memory self efficacy have on verbal memory tasks. Hypothesis: Control and memory self efficacy beliefs of older adults affect performance on memory tasks. Method: It was used a transversal ex post facto-comparison group design. The following instruments were selected: Rey Auditory Verbal Learnig Test and Logic Memory , from the Signoret Battery. The Self-Efficacy episodic memory and two questions where added to asses locus of control. There were assessed 200 senescent that reside in the Independent City of Buenos Aires. Discussion: From the values obtained in the statistical analysis made, it is possible to concluded with a certain margin of error, that control and verbal memory self efficacy on episodic memory performance beliefs in older adults, especially internal locus of control with the dimen...

Objective: In the present study it was be evaluated the incidence that control beliefs and memory self efficacy have on verbal memory tasks. Hypothesis: Control and memory self efficacy beliefs of older adults affect performance on memory tasks. Method: It was used a transversal ex post facto-comparison group design. The following instruments were selected: Rey Auditory Verbal Learnig Test and Logic Memory , from the Signoret Battery. The Self-Efficacy episodic memory and two questions where added to asses locus of control. There were assessed 200 senescent that reside in the Independent City of Buenos Aires. Discussion: From the values obtained in the statistical analysis made, it is possible to concluded with a certain margin of error, that control and verbal memory self efficacy on episodic memory performance beliefs in older adults, especially internal locus of control with the dimen...

The objective of the study is to assess whether the social expectations of «role» – differential of gender – influence in the adaptation of older adults to retirement, through meanings and attitudes toward retirement. An ex post facto design of simple retrospective character was used. It was attended by 300 self-governing middle class older adults; 150 men and 150 women residing in the Autonomous City, Buenos Aires, and influence areas (Argentina). We administered a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and retirement profile, a Scale of Attitudes toward retirement, and the argentine adaptation of the Meaning about retirement Questionnaire. The results show that women in comparison with men have more favorable attitudes toward retirement and they denote it more as «Rest», «Beginning» or «Continuity». This difference could be due to the differential impact that would result i...

The objective of this study is to identify, according to gender, the structure of social representations of arterial hypertension presented by hypertensive patients. The design is descriptive-comparative, cross-sectional, using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The sample consisted of 200 hypertensive patients/adults (100 men and 100 women), recruited from different health centers in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Argentina). The instruments used were the Socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the Word Associations by Abric, and the Questionnaire about beliefs in arterial hypertension, developed ad hoc. The results show certain playback of gender stereotypes in the anchor of social representations. The men relate more to the biomedical aspects and women to the emotional factors. The emphasis in one of the causes of this problem would raise the risk in each group, of no...

We evaluate if the social network structure, the percei ved support and the personal satisfaction acts on the caregiver's feeling of burden, coming from the caring of a child oran older parent with chronic invalidating illness. We used Mannheim's Instrument for Social Support (1986) and the Feeling of Burden Questionnaire (Zarit & Zarit, 1999) with 143 caregivers -50,3% mothers and 49,7% daughters. Taking into account the multivariate statistical tests, we can conclude that mothers have a larger relatives network than daughters, even though they don't significantly differ in the perception of social support. In mothers, the size of the relatives network, the everyday instrumental and the psychological crisis support diminishes the feeling of burden, as for the daughters the more intense crisis instrumental perceived support diminishes the same feeling.

Se evalúa si la estructura de la red social, el apoyo percibido y su nivel de satisfacción personal inciden en el sentimiento de sobrecarga del cuidador, derivado de la asistencia de un hijo o de un progenitor anciano con una enfermedad crónica invalidante. Con tal fin, fueron administrados a 143 cuidadoras -50,3% madres y 49,7% hijas- el Cuestionario sobre Apoyo Social de Mannheim (1986) y el Cuestionario sobre Sentimiento de Carga de Zarit y Zarit (1999). A partir de las pruebas multivariadas de significación estadística, se puede concluir que las madres presentan una red de parientes mayor que las hijas, aunque no se diferencian significativamente en la percepción del apoyo social. En ellas, el tamaño de la red de parientes, el apoyo instrumental cotidiano y psicológico en crisis aminora el sentimiento de sobrecarga, mientras que en las hijas lo disminuye la mayor intensidad d...

We evaluate if the social network structure, the percei ved support and the personal satisfaction acts on the caregiver's feeling of burden, coming from the caring of a child oran older parent with chronic invalidating illness. We used Mannheim's Instrument for Social Support (1986) and the Feeling of Burden Questionnaire (Zarit & Zarit, 1999) with 143 caregivers -50,3% mothers and 49,7% daughters. Taking into account the multivariate statistical tests, we can conclude that mothers have a larger relatives network than daughters, even though they don't significantly differ in the perception of social support. In mothers, the size of the relatives network, the everyday instrumental and the psychological crisis support diminishes the feeling of burden, as for the daughters the more intense crisis instrumental perceived support diminishes the same feeling.