Perceived control plays an important role in shaping development throughout adulthood and
old age. Using data from the adult lifespan sample of the national German Socio-Economic�…

Perceived control is a key component of successful aging and may serve as a protective
factor against age-related declines in central domains of functioning. However, it is a largely�…

Perceived control is interrelated with aging-related outcomes across adulthood and old age.
Relatively little is known, however, about resources as antecedents of longitudinal change in�…

Perceived control plays an important role for health across adulthood and old age. However,
little is known about the factors that account for such associations and whether changes in�…

Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging.
However, perceived control is not set in stone but rather changes throughout the life course�…

Objectives. To examine antecedent–consequent relations of perceived control to health and
social support across adulthood and old age. Methods. We applied (multigroup) change�…

The effect of perceived control on health has been examined extensively in the
gerontological literature. A question that has received little attention, however, is whether�…

Perceived control and health are often closely linked in adulthood and old age. Little is
known, however, about their time-ordered interplay at various phases of adult life. By�…

A substantial amount of research has demonstrated that the sense of control is associated
with numerous positive outcomes, including good health. Many aspects of the personal and�…

This brief review on perceived control and aging is organized according to 3 perspectives of
research involving description, explanation, and modification. An extensive body of literature�…