Your text states that, "after controlling for loneliness, marital status, economic status, and other correlates of health, Levy and Myers found that older adults with positive attitudes and higher self-efficacy had better health . Your knowledge of research methods allows you to identify loneliness, marital status, and economic status as ___________ variables.
A)confounding
B)outcome
C)independent
D)curvilinear

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Loneliness, marital status, and economic status are considered confounding variables because they are external variables that could influence the main relationship being studied (between attitudes/self-efficacy and health) if not controlled for.

Your Text States That, "After Controlling for Loneliness, Marital Status