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Direct linkLee, Kyuho; Kim, Dahee; Gilligan, Megan; Martin, Peter – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Previous studies used chronological age to examine the relationship between aging and volunteerism. In the current study, we examined the influence of subjective life expectancy (SLE) on volunteering based on the socioemotional selectivity theory emphasizing that older adults focus on very close relationships. Data of 11,203 older adults, 55 to 74…
Descriptors: Mortality Rate, Expectation, Older Adults, Volunteers
Randall, G. Kevin; Martin, Peter; Bishop, Alex J.; Johnson, Mary Ann; Poon, Leonard W. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
This study examined the mediating and moderating role of social resources on the association between age and change in functional health for three age groups of older adults. Data were provided by those in their 60s, 80s, and 100s who participated in the first two phases of the Georgia Centenarian study. Analyses confirmed the study's hypothesis…
Descriptors: Health, Comparative Analysis, Role, Correlation
Franke, Warren D.; Margrett, Jennifer A.; Heinz, Melinda; Martin, Peter – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
This study assessed the association between perceived health, fatigue, positive and negative affect, handgrip strength, objectively measured physical activity, body mass index, and self-reported functional limitations, assessed 6 months later, among 11 centenarians (age = 102 plus or minus 1). Activities of daily living, assessed 6 months prior to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Health, Body Composition, Predictor Variables
Martin, Peter; da Rosa, Grace; Margrett, Jennifer A.; Garasky, Steven; Franke, Warren – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
Much information is available about physical and functional health among very old adults, but little knowledge exists about the mental health and mental health changes in very late life. This study reports findings concerning positive and negative affect changes among centenarians. Nineteen centenarians from a Midwestern state participated in four…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Mental Health, Affective Behavior, Older Adults
Kwag, 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
Bishop, Alex J.; Martin, Peter – Educational Gerontology, 2007
This investigation examined the indirect influence of past educational attainment on current feelings of loneliness across a sample of unmarried older adults. Participants in this study included 227 community-dwelling individuals, age 65 to 94, who were never-married, divorced, or widowed. The developmental adaptation model (Martin & Martin,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Widowed, Older Adults, Educational Attainment
