Apprehensions of Coping Incompetence and Responses to Fear in Old Age

Jaber F. Gubrium

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Fear is defined as a state of mind characterized by desperation and anxiousness stemming from personal incompetence in coping with events of everyday life. Expressions of fear in old age are described with data from a sample of 210 persons, aged 60 to 94, interviewed in Detroit. Self-defined sources of fear as well as active responses to it are discussed. Strategies for reducing fear in old age are suggested.

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