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Bergman, Simon; Shichor, David – Gerontologist, 1979
A descriptive analysis of official statistics of completed and attempted suicides of the Jewish elderly in Israel disclosed patterns somewhat different from those known in Western industrial societies. (Author)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior Patterns, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnicity
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Eran, Mordechai; Jacobson, Dan – Journal of Gerontology, 1976
Vroom's expectancy theory model to predict older worker's choices between employment or retirement hypothesized that a person's preference would be a function of differences between instrumentality of employment and retirement for attainment of outcomes, multiplied by the valence of each outcome, summed over outcomes. Results supported the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Males, Models, Older Adults