# WELL-BEING IN THE AGED/PERSONAL CONTROL & SELF-ESTEEM

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 1992 · $84,668

## Abstract

The proposed research aims toward the identification and systematic
evaluation of mechanisms that link stress and social support with
psychological well-being in later life.  In particular, the proposed
study has the following objectives:

1.   To develop explicit measurement models of life stress, feelings of
personal control, and self-esteem that arise within highly salient social
roles;

2.   To examine whether stressful life events affect the well-being of
the elderly by eroding feelings of control and self-worth that are
associated with highly valued social roles; and

3.   To assess whether multiple types of dimensions of social support
buffer the deleterious effects of stress by bolstering role-specific
feelings of control and role-specific feelings of self-esteem.

     The proposed research calls for one face-to-face interview with
1,000 older adults who have been selected at random from among the
noninstitutionalized elderly who reside within the Detroit metropolitan
area.  Major study procedures include the conceptualization and
measurement of key study constructs, the estimation of structural
equation models within a latent variable framework, and the replication
of research findings.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121012
- **Project number:** 5R01AG009221-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **SAM.gov UEI:** GNJ7BBP73WE9
- **Principal Investigator:** Neal Krause
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $84,668
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1991-04-01 → 1994-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121012

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121012, WELL-BEING IN THE AGED/PERSONAL CONTROL & SELF-ESTEEM (5R01AG009221-02). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121012. Licensed CC0.

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