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Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1978
Young (N=22) (age 17-21) and 22 old (age 60-74) men and women participated in an investigation designed to determine how differences in omission errors and performance in a serial learning task are accounted for by cautiousness. Cautiousness measures accounted for age differences in omission errors but not in performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Tasks
Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; Elias, Cherin S. – Journal of Gerontology, 1977
Young (N=18) and older (N=18) adults participated in a vocabulary task involving varying degrees of risk with a payoff structure that varied either directly or inversely with risk. In contrast to prior research using constant payoff structures, results did not indicate that older adults are more cautious than young adults. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Gerontology
Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; Di Vesta, Francis J. – Journal of Gerontology, 1976
Younger (N=48) and older (N=48) males participated in a vocabulary task involving varying degrees of risk under neutral, supportive, and challenging instructions. Results indicated older adults were more cautious, selected tasks with higher probabilities of success, and were less likely to raise their level of aspiration following success. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Gerontology
Peer reviewedBaur, Patricia A.; Okun, Morris A. – Gerontologist, 1983
Conducted a longitudinal analysis of life satisfaction scores of retirement community residents (N=91). Results revealed some change but initial and retest life satisfaction scores were highly correlated. Self-perceived health and not being neglected by friends, were significant predictors of initial life satisfaction but not of changes in life…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Gerontology, Life Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1982
Reviews research on the effects of educational programs on the subjective well-being of older adults. Describes the constructs of happiness, morale, and life satisfaction by specifying their location on temporal, cognitive, and affective dimensions. Recommends outcome measures and research designs for assessing and upgrading educational…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Evaluation Methods, Gerontology, Life Satisfaction
Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1985
Reviews the state of the art in research synthesis, and presents a conventional literary review, a meta-analysis, and a replicated secondary data analysis on the health and well being relationship in four articles. The two concluding commentaries elaborate and extend these issues and discuss problems and potential involved in research synthesis.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conferences, Data Analysis, Gerontology
