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Hertzog, Christopher; Fulton, Erika K.; Mandviwala, Lulua; Dunlosky, John – Developmental Psychology, 2013
We instructed the use of mediators to encode paired-associate items, and then measured both cued recall of targets and mediators. Older adults (n = 49) and younger adults (n = 57) studied a mixed list of concrete and abstract noun pairs under instructions to either generate a sentence or an image to form a new association between normatively…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Neurological Impairments, Memory, Older Adults
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Randall, G. Kevin; Martin, Peter; Bishop, Alex J.; Johnson, Mary Ann; Poon, Leonard W. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
This study examined the mediating and moderating role of social resources on the association between age and change in functional health for three age groups of older adults. Data were provided by those in their 60s, 80s, and 100s who participated in the first two phases of the Georgia Centenarian study. Analyses confirmed the study's hypothesis…
Descriptors: Health, Comparative Analysis, Role, Correlation
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Martin, Peter; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1992
Compared adults (n=165) in their 60s, 80s, and 100s on personality, life events, and coping. Found personality differences: centenarians scored higher on dominance, suspiciousness, and imagination. Although centenarians scored lower on active behavioral coping than other age groups, they used cognitive strategies when coping with health and family…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Coping, Life Events