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INFLUENCE OF SAD MOOD AND OLD AGE SCHEMA ON OLDER ADULTS’
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS PROCESSING
by
Cecilia Yee Man Poon
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PSYCHOLOGY)
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Cecilia Yee Man Poon
Object Description
| Title | Influence of sad mood and old age schema on older adults' physical symptoms processing |
| Author | Poon, Cecilia Yee Man |
| Author email | ceciliyp@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-23 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-10-22 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Knight, Bob G. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Meyerowitz, Beth E. Wilcox, Rand R. |
| Abstract | This study examined how situational mood state and old age schema influenced attention to physical symptoms in older adults. Seventy-one individuals aged 60 or above participated in an experiment that manipulated mood and old age schema. Participants completed a modified Stroop task that measured attentional bias to symptom words. Analysis of variance showed that sad mood and old age schema had significant main and interaction effects on attention to physical symptoms. Neither variable affected symptoms reporting. Either sad mood or old age schema reversed participants' tendency to divert their attention from physical symptoms. When combined, they led to an attentional bias towards physical symptoms. Interventions to reduce attentional focus on physical symptoms among older adults who have a tendency to somatisize should include strategies to lessen both sad mood and age-related stereotypes. |
| Keyword | aging; physical symptoms |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m880 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Poon, Cecilia Yee Man |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Poon-20071022 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Poon-20071022.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | INFLUENCE OF SAD MOOD AND OLD AGE SCHEMA ON OLDER ADULTS’ PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS PROCESSING by Cecilia Yee Man Poon A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PSYCHOLOGY) December 2007 Copyright 2007 Cecilia Yee Man Poon |
