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Pruchno, Rachel; Hahn, Sarah; Wilson-Genderson, Maureen – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
One of the social identities held by people is defined by whether or not they smoke cigarettes. Although this identity can and does change for many people over the course of their lives, most research has not examined the effects of transitioning from a smoker to a non-smoker. Using a life span perspective, our analyses contrasted the extent to…
Descriptors: Smoking, Identification, Age Differences, Research
Davis, Neil Carter; Friedrich, Douglas – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
The primary goal of the study was to compare adult age groups on aging bias, with measures of knowledge of aging in the physical, psychological, and social domains and life satisfaction. The study sample, consisting of 752 men and women, 40 to 95 years of age, was tested using Neugarten, Havighurst, and Tobin's (1961) Life Satisfaction Index (LSI)…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Life Satisfaction, Older Adults, Psychology
Gyekye, Seth Ayim; Salminen, Simo – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
The study examined the relationship between age and I) safety perception; ii) job satisfaction; iii) compliance with safety management policies; and (iv) accident frequency. Participants were Ghanaian industrial workers (N = 320) categorized into 4 age groups: 19-29 years; 30-39 years; 40-50 years; and 51 years and above. Workplace safety…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Work Attitudes, Occupational Safety and Health

Vallerand, Robert J.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1989
Administered life satisfaction questionnaire to 199 French-speaking older adults in Montreal, living in nursing homes and in the community. Found that elderly persons living in regular community housing, in low-cost community housing, and in high self-determination nursing homes had similar levels of life satisfaction, and more satisfaction than…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Housing, Life Satisfaction

Okun, Morris A.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1985
Reviews the state of the art in research synthesis, and presents a conventional literary review, a meta-analysis, and a replicated secondary data analysis on the health and well being relationship in four articles. The two concluding commentaries elaborate and extend these issues and discuss problems and potential involved in research synthesis.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conferences, Data Analysis, Gerontology
Isaacowitz, Derek M.; Vaillant, George E.; Seligman, Martin E. P. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
Positive psychology has recently developed a classification of human strengths (Peterson & Seligman, in press). We aimed to evaluate these strengths by investigating the strengths and life satisfaction in three adult samples recruited from the community (young adult, middle-aged, and older adult), as well as in the surviving men of the Grant study…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adults, Older Adults, Life Satisfaction