@article{ref1,
title="The self-concept in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly people",
journal="Journal of environmental psychology",
year="2000",
author="Antonelli, Elena and Rubini, Vittorio and Fassone, Cristina",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="151-164",
abstract="Although the topic of relocation of the elderly has generated considerable research, few studies have investigated its consequences on the content of the self-concept and on the levels of self-esteem. Sixty institutionalized and sixty non-institutionalized elderly men and women participated in an investigation which assessed their spontaneous self-concept by means of the Twenty Statements Test and their level of self-esteem by means of the Rosenberg Scale. The results indicate that the institutionalized elderly have a more negative self-concept, lower levels of self-esteem, and a more restricted inter-personal self.<p />",
language="",
issn="0272-4944",
doi="10.1006/jevp.1999.0159",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.1999.0159"
}