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The Role of Age and Motivation for the Experience of Social Acceptance and Rejection
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Nikitin, Jana; Schoch, Simone; Freund, Alexandra M. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
A study with n = 55 younger (18-33 years, M = 23.67) and n = 58 older (61-85 years, M = 71.44) adults investigated age-related differences in social approach and avoidance motivation and their consequences for the experience of social interactions. Results confirmed the hypothesis that a predominant habitual approach motivation in younger adults…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Motivation, Peer Acceptance, Social Isolation
Age and Intergroup Differences in Attitudes toward the Teaching Profession: How Do Teachers and Students View Themselves and Each Other?
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Lipka, Richard P.; Goulet, L. R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
Attitudes toward the profession were determined among different aged teachers and students enrolled in teacher education programs. No age differences in attitudes among the teacher samples were found but intergroup differences in attitudes were found between students and teachers. These results support Neugarten's hypothesis concerning effect of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, College Students, Education Majors
Adult Development and Life Satisfaction Functions of Sex, Marital Status and Age.
Coles, Claire; McCall, Fran – 1979
Quality of life in adulthood (ages 27-47) was investigated; age, marital status and sex were considered the primary variables. Attention was given to the consideration of the current crises-oriented theory of adult development. The interrelationship of the variables was of principle interest in assessing life satisfaction and personality…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Marital Status, Middle Aged Adults
A Comparison of Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adult Treatment-Seeking Pathological Gamblers
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Petry, Nancy M. – Gerontologist, 2002
Purpose: Pathological gambling is an increasing public health concern, but very little is known about this disorder in older adults. This study evaluated gambling and psychosocial problems across age groups in treatment-seeking gamblers. Design and Methods: At intake to gambling treatment programs, 343 pathological gamblers completed the Addiction…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Age Differences, Public Health, Young Adults
Strengths and Satisfaction across the Adult Lifespan
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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
Teachers in Transition: Study of an Aging Teaching Force. Informal Series/44.
Miller, John P.; And Others – 1982
Discussions by 56 educators from a Canadian school district on their job satisfactions and dissatisfactions, aspirations, and life transitions in tape recorded interviews provided the primary data for this study of adult development among teachers and administrators. Secondary data were obtained from a questionnaire survey of an additional 383…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Development, Adults