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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
Peer reviewedHayslip, Bert, Jr.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Explored age differences in expression of depression. Among 118 young adults and 107 community-residing elderly individuals, found that, in young adults, cognitive belief factors "externality/control" and "dependency/emotionality" were associated with affective and cognitive aspects of depression. Among older adults, cognitive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Style, College Students
Peer reviewedDegelman, Douglas; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Compared college students and community-dwelling older adults (total n=171) on Injustice and Personal Power scales and measures of religiosity. Personal Power scores varied significantly as function of age and gender (significantly lower belief in personal power for older women). Injustice scores were significantly higher for women than for men.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRhee, Catherine; Gatz, Margaret – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1993
Examined age differences and attributions of age differences in locus of control orientation for 60 college students and 97 older adults. Findings showed that both age groups misattributed levels of control orientation to the other group when compared to that group's self-ratings. Older adults endorsed more internal beliefs than did college…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, College Students
Peer reviewedEnright, Robert D.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
Examined the development of belief discrepancy reasoning, or how people evaluate disagreeing others, with 44 college and elderly respondents. Results showed the elderly were significantly lower in belief discrepancy reasoning and higher in dogmatism than the college sample. The elderly sample did not evidence intolerance, but rather relativism.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedDavis, J. A. – Educational Gerontology, 1988
Administered an adapted version of Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz to university students between 1983 and 1985. Obtained some gender differences in beliefs about aging. Results indicated that overall, college students had a positive perspective on old age, but were persuaded by traditional myths. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Beliefs, College Students
Peer reviewedMacLean, Michael J.; Chown, Sheila M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1988
Compared attitudes towards beliefs in just world and helping elderly with social, economic, or health needs of British (N=71) and Canadian (N=124) university students. Found in both groups just world believers blamed elderly people for poor health or financial circumstances; Canadian believers tended to dismiss needs of elderly people for…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
