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Kerstin Gerst Emerson – Educational Gerontology, 2024
During a time of increasing shortages in the eldercare workforce, attracting new workers to the field is imperative. It can be difficult to engage students in the field. One method to engage students with aging is through oral history assignments. This study explored the impact of an active assignment (interviewing an older adult) compared to a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Interviews
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Kelly B. Beck; Lauren A. Terhorst; Carol M. Greco; Jamie L. Kulzer; Elizabeth R. Skidmore; Michael P. McCue – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction are important research priorities for autistic adults. As such, we saw a need to evaluate individual items of commonly used subjective QOL scales to understand how they are interpreted and perceived by autistic adults. This study used cognitive interviews and repeated sampling to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Adults