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Direct linkBergamin, Marco; Ermolao, Andrea; Matten, Sonia; Sieverdes, John C.; Zaccaria, Marco – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the physiological responses during upper-body aquatic exercises in older adults with different pool temperatures. Method: Eleven older men (aged 65 years and older) underwent 2 identical aquatic exercise sessions that consisted of 3 upper-body exercises using progressive intensities (30, 35, and 40…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Aquatic Sports, Water, Metabolism
Piedimonte, Alessandro; Garbarini, Francesca; Rabuffetti, Marco; Pia, Lorenzo; Berti, Anna – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Movements with both hands are essential to our everyday life, and it has been shown that performing asymmetric bimanual movements produces an interference effect between hands. There have been many studies--using varying methods--investigating the development of bimanual movements that show that this skill continues to evolve during childhood and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Young Adults
Palmiero, Massimiliano; Di Giacomo, Dina; Passafiume, Domenico – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
Aging can affect cognition in different ways. The extent to which aging affects divergent thinking is unclear. In this study, younger and older adults were compared at the performance on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking in visual and verbal form. Results showed that older adults can think divergently as younger participants, although they…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Age, Age Groups, Aging (Individuals)
Arun, Ozgur; Cevik, Aylin Cakiroglu – Educational Gerontology, 2011
The aim of this study was to compare and analyze the quality of life of the elderly in three aging countries: Italy, Portugal, and Turkey. This was done by using data provided by the European Quality of Life Survey completed in 2004. By doing so, we could then operationalize the conditions of the elderly in Turkey who have a rapid aging process…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Income, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life
Download full textBoucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students
Commission for International Adult Education, 2012
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
Peer reviewedDe Leo, Diego; Conforti, Donatella; Carollo, Giovanni – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1997
Analyzes suicide rates from 1887 to 1993 in the Italian population (ages 15 to 24 years old, and over 65 years). Findings indicate an increase in suicide among the elderly population over the test period. Rates were three times higher for men than for women, with elderly men having the highest rate. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
van Tilburg,Theo; Havens, Betty; de Jong-Gierveld, Jenny – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
Loneliness is experienced in many cultures. To properly assess cross-cultural differences, attention should be paid to the level, determinants, and measurement of loneliness. However, cross-cultural studies have rarely taken into account more than one of these. Differences in the level of loneliness were hypothesized on the basis of national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Older Adults, Cultural Differences
