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Pihlainen, Kaisa; Ehlers, Anja; Rohner, Rebekka; Cerna, Katerina; Kärnä, Eija; Hess, Moritz; Hengl, Lisa; Aavikko, Lotta; Frewer-Graumann, Susanne; Gallistl, Vera; Müller, Claudia – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2023
The rapid development of digital technologies and their increasing application in many areas of everyday life challenge all citizens to continuously learn digital skills. This also applies to older adults, among whom digital literacy is on average less well-developed than among younger adults. This article investigates why retired older adults…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies, Digital Literacy, Older Adults
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Shultz, Kenneth S.; Wang, Mo – American Psychologist, 2011
The concept and the process of retirement are rapidly evolving. As a result, psychologists are in a unique position to understand and explain the dynamics behind the changing face of retirement. We begin this article with a brief overview of the history of retirement and then note the various definitions used when studying retirement. We then…
Descriptors: Retirement, Attitudes, Context Effect, Aging (Individuals)
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Zhang, Wei; Niu, Weihua – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2013
This study examined a total of 140 elderly Chinese from China and the United States to investigate the relationship between attitude toward aging, daily activities, general health, education, and other demographics and rated creativity as measured by collage making and storytelling. The result of this study shows that creativity declines with age.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Creativity, Retirement
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Griffin, Barbara; Loe, David; Hesketh, Beryl – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This study developed and tested a model to identify the predictors of retirement planning based on an extension of the theory of planned behavior ([TPB], Ajzen, 1991) that included individual differences in proactivity and time discounting. The results showed that personal attitudes, sense of control, social influence, and stable traits have a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Planning, Models
Smith, Angela Carmella – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A survey instrument was developed entitled the "Adult (age 50-75) Career Development Survey" (ACDS) to provide an empirical foundation for understanding the current needs of individuals age 50-75 and learning about their attitudes toward, willingness to, and experience in using career counseling and technology in making decisions on…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Ogunbameru, Olakunle A.; Bamiwuye, Sina – Educational Gerontology, 2004
Retirement is viewed as a passage that can result in psychological, physiological, and economic problems among some retirees. Adequate preparation for retirement through preretirement education, as practiced in the Western-European societies, has been found to ease transition into retirement and adjustment in retirement. Preretirement education is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Preretirement Education, Attitudes