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Drawing from both self‐determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1991) and Carstensen's (1993) socioemotional selectivity theory, we hypothesized that well‐being and health would be facilitated by: (a) greater personal autonomy; (b) perceived support for autonomy from both nursing‐home staff and residents friends and relatives; and (c) the emotional quality (rather than quantity) of residents' contacts with friends and family. Results based on structured interview and survey data from 50 nursing‐home residents, showed that both autonomy support and relatedness indexes correlated with psychological out‐comes. Personal autonomy also was significantly related to mortality at a 1‐year follow‐up. It also was found that subjective vitality (Ryan & Frederick, 1997) was associated with lower distress and greater well‐being, and perceived autonomy and relatedness.
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