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Humble, Aine M.; Keefe, Janice M.; Auton, Greg M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
Using the concept of "retirement congruency" (RC), which takes into account greater variation in retirement decisions (low, moderate, or high RC) than a dichotomous conceptualization (forced versus chosen), multinomial logistic regression was conducted on a sample of caregivers from the 2002 Canadian General Social Survey who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Decision Making, Personal Autonomy

Huyck, Margaret Hellie – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Explored sense of control and personal and spousal evaluations of major life domains. Findings from 101 men and 127 women aged 43 to 76 revealed no gender differences and minimal age differences in levels of sense of control or evaluation of life domains. Evaluations contributing to sense of control varied by gender and by age within gender group.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Life Events, Locus of Control, Middle Aged Adults

Slangen-De Kort, Yvonne A. W.; Midden, Cees J. H.; Aarts, Henk; van Wagenberg, F. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2001
Studied adaptive choice behavior of older, independently living persons faced with complications in their houses. The goal was to gain insight into the coping process and its outcome--in terms of assimilative vs. accommodative strategies--and in the role of three determinants on this process. Determinants were perceived self efficacy, importance…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Independent Living, Individual Development