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Peer reviewedBarrick, Ann Louise; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Investigated humor response to aggressive cartoons using ratings of pain and funniness of cartoons by college students (n=93) and older adults (n=61). Found no significant age differences; however, sex differences were found. Females exhibited an inverted-U relationship between pain ratings and funniness ratings. For males there was no…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPowers, Charles B.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
Cross-sectional investigation compared worry and its correlates in 89 older adults and 74 college students. Older adults expressed significantly fewer worries than did students about finances and social events. Both groups were equally worried about health issues. For both groups, external locus of control was associated with higher worry scores.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedMundorf, Norbert; Brownell, Winifred – Gerontologist, 1990
Updated and extended research on television viewing and magazine reading of older adults (n=74) and compared it with media preferences of college students (n=149). Results indicated older adults viewed more television, although viewing preferences were more similar than expected. Most respondents cited entertainment as primary motive for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNacoste, Denise R. Barnes; Wise, Erica H. – Gerontologist, 1991
Investigated extent to which cognitions mediate relationship between negative life events and depression. College students and their same-sex parents and grandparents (n=171) completed measures of stressful life events, automatic thoughts, dysfunctional attitudes, and depression. Found interaction between negative life events and cognition for…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
