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Motives and Determinants of Volunteering in Older Adults: An Integrated Model
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Grano, Caterina; Lucidi, Fabio; Zelli, Arnaldo; Violani, Cristiano – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
The present study focused on changes in volunteering over time among Italian adults and examined a model in which motives from self-determination theory (SDT) were hypothesized to influence a series of social-cognitive processes including self-efficacy judgments and constructs from the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The study was conducted with…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes, Volunteers
Processing Speed, Inhibitory Control, and Working Memory: Three Important Factors to Account for Age-Related Cognitive Decline
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Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.; Juncos-Rabadan, Onesimo; Gonzalez, Maria Soledad Rodriguez – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Processing speed, inhibitory control and working memory have been identified as the main possible culprits of age-related cognitive decline. This article describes a study of their interrelationships and dependence on age, including exploration of whether any of them mediates between age and the others. We carried out a LISREL analysis of the…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Memory, Older Adults, Statistical Analysis
The Wisdom Development Scale: Further Validity Investigations
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Greene, Jeffrey A.; Brown, Scott C. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
Researchers are gaining an interest in the concept of wisdom, a more holistic yet often ineffable educational outcome. Models of wisdom abound, but few have rigorously tested measures. This study looks at Brown's (2004a, 2004b) Model of Wisdom Development and its associated measure, the Wisdom Development Scale (WDS; Brown & Greene, 2006). The…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Research Opportunities, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Intelligence
Age and Creative Productivity: Nonlinear Estimation of an Information-Processing Model.
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Simonton, Dean Keith – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1989
Applied two-step cognitive model to relationship between age and creative productivity. Selected ideation and elaboration rates as information-processing parameters that define mathematical function which describes age curves and specifies their variance across disciplines. Applied non-linear estimation program to further validate model. Despite…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Career Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development
Implications of Cognitive Change for Gerontological Pedagogical Practice.
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Spilich, George J. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984
Discusses the problem of designing educational systems for the aged to maximize their potential for success. Suggests that complex changes in working memory occur with advanced age; by understanding the nature of these changes, educational materials can be designed which properly refresh memory and guide comprehension. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Gerontology, Instructional Development
A Cognitive Developmental Model of Rigidity in Senescence.
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Lapsley, Daniel K.; Enright, Robert D. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
The rigidity construct is reinterpreted in terms of the cognitive developmental approach. A review reveals both cognitive and developmental themes, with an emphasis on the structural and operational properties of rigidity. Notes weaknesses of previous approaches to rigidity and discusses implications and predictions from the proposed model.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages