TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Location, location, location: the role of objective neighborhood characteristics for perceptions of control
JO  - Gerontology
A1  - Drewelies, Johanna
A1  - Eibich, Peter
A1  - Düzel, Sandra
A1  - Kuhn, Simone
A1  - Krekel, Christian
A1  - Goebel, Jan
A1  - Kolbe, Jens
A1  - Demuth, Ilja
A1  - Lindenberger, Ulman
A1  - Wagner, Gert G.
A1  - Gerstorf, Denis
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Control beliefs can protect against age-related declines in functioning. It is unclear whether neighborhood characteristics shape how much control people perceive over their life. This article studies associations of neighborhood characteristics with control beliefs of residents of a diverse metropolitan area (Berlin, Germany). <br><br>METHODS: We combine self-report data about perceptions of control obtained from participants in the Berlin Aging Study II (N = 507, 60-87 years, 51% women) with multisource geo-referenced indicators of neighborhood characteristics using linear regression models. <br><br>RESULTS: Findings indicate that objective neighborhood characteristics (i.e., unemployment rate) are indeed tied to perceptions of control, in particular, how much control participants feel others have over their lives. Including neighborhood characteristics in part doubled the amount of explained variance compared with a reference model covarying for demographic characteristics only (from R2 = 0.017 to R2 = 0.030 for internal control beliefs; R2 = 0.056 to R2 = 0.102 for external control beliefs in chance; R2 = 0.006 to R2 = 0.030 for external control beliefs in powerful others). <br><br>DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Findings highlight the importance of access to neighborhood resources for control beliefs across old age and can inform interventions to build up neighborhood characteristics which might be especially helpful in residential areas with high unemployment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-324X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000515634
ID  - ref1
ER  -