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Black and White Elderly: Morale and Perception of Control

There has been increased interest in recent years in including morale as an aspect of adaptation in aging and as a measurement of quality of care in nursing homes (U.S. Congress 1974). Therefore, factors which contribute to morale of elderly persons are an appropriate concern for health professionals who provide care to the institutionalized elderly. Low morale and apathy, hypothesized to be due to a variety of factors, have been reported in aged patients in institutionalized settings. These feelings are thought to be detrimental to elderly persons’ total health. Various personality and environmental characteristics and factors associated with the waiting period have been investigated in relation to adaptation in institutional settings (Tobin and Lieberman 1976). None have considered the congruence of the patient’s personality and perceived control of the immediate situation. The purpose of the present exploratory descriptive study was to examine the congruence of the locus of control and the patient’s perceived situational control in relationship to morale in an institutional setting. The research question was: What is the relationship between the locus of control (internal-external, or I-E), perceived situational control, and morale among institutionalized elderly? Specific research questions were: