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Direct linkKwag, Kyung Hwa; Martin, Peter; Russell, Daniel; Franke, Warren; Kohut, Marian – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
This study investigated how perceived stress, social support, and home-based physical activity affected older adults' fatigue, loneliness, and depression. We also explored whether social support and physical activity mediated the relationships between stress and mental health problems. The data of 163 older participants were analyzed in this…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models, Physical Activity Level
Pudrovska, Tetyana – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
Using 2 waves of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine psychological consequences of potentially stressful, non-normative, or "off-time" aspects of the parental role in late midlife and early old age, including coresidence with adult children, stepparenthood, and parental bereavement. Additionally, I analyze gender differences in…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Health, Older Adults, Parent Child Relationship
Smith, Gregory C.; Palmieri, Patrick A.; Hancock, Gregory R.; Richardson, Rhonda A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
An adaptation of the Family Stress Model (FSM) with hypothesized linkages between family contextual factors, custodial grandmothers' psychological distress, parenting practices, and grandchildren's adjustment was tested with structural equation modeling. Interview data from 733 custodial grandmothers of grandchildren between ages 4-17 revealed…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Grandchildren
Consedine, Nathan S.; Magai, Carol; King, Arlene R. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2004
Positive affect, an index of psychological well-being, is a known predictor of functionality and health in later life. Measures typically studied include joy, happiness, and subjective well-being, but less often interest--a positive emotion with functional properties that differ from joy or happiness. Following differential emotions theory, the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Affective Behavior, Older Adults
Isaacowitz, Derek M.; Seligman, Martin E. P. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
Cognitive styles are the lenses through which individuals habitually process information from their environment. In this study, we evaluated whether different cognitive style individual difference variables, such as explanatory style and dispositional optimism, could predict changes in affective state over time in community-dwelling older adults.…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Cognitive Style, Depression (Psychology), Older Adults
Adams, Kathryn Betts – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2004
Socioemotional selectivity and gerotranscendence, newer theories with roots in the disengagement theory of aging, provided the theoretical framework for a new measure of perceived change in investment in a variety of pursuits. The 30-item Change in Activity and Interest Index (CAII) was given to a sample of 327 outpatients aged 65-94. Items with…
Descriptors: Interests, Gerontology, Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals)
