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Bernstein, Daniel M. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Participants ranging in age from 3 to 98 years (N = 708; approximately 60% female; 49% Caucasian, 38% Asian; 12% Other ethnicities, 1% Indigenous; modal household income > $80,000) completed a battery of tasks involving verbal ability, executive function, and perspective-taking. Wherever possible, all participants completed the same version of…
Descriptors: Bias, Verbal Ability, Executive Function, Perspective Taking
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Hoeben Mannaert, Lara; Dijkstra, Katinka – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Over the past decade or so, developments in language comprehension research in the domain of cognitive aging have converged on support for resilience in older adults with regard to situation model updating when reading texts. Several studies have shown that even though age-related declines in language comprehension appear at the level of the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Language Processing, Resilience (Psychology)
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Nixon, Grace; Sarant, Julia; Tomlin, Dani; Dowell, Richard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of hearing, cognition, and personal factors on hearing aid (HA) uptake, use, and benefit. Method: Eighty-five older adults aged 60-80 years (M = 70.23, SD = 5.17) participated in the study. Hearing was assessed using pure-tone audiometry and the Listening in Spatialised Noise-Sentences…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Cognitive Processes, Psychomotor Skills
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Knowles, Thea; Adams, Scott G.; Jog, Mandar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify changes in acoustic distinctiveness in two groups of talkers with Parkinson's disease as they modify across a wide range of speaking rates. Method: People with Parkinson's disease with and without deep brain stimulation and older healthy controls read 24 carrier phrases at different speech rates.…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Acoustics, Vowels
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Aliberti, Sara; Raiola, Gaetano – Education Sciences, 2021
Line dancing is one of the most practiced dance styles by adults and seniors due to the ease of execution of choreography. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic prolonging the restrictions of physical and sports activities, the elderly population has been forced into increased sedentariness and social isolation, resulting in the development of symptoms of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Mental Health, Dance, COVID-19
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Lee, Sunghoe – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
This article aims to unravel a mature student's processes of social engagement at a university, based on nine years of biographical interview data. By framing itself within the realist social theory, this paper analytically distinguishes between precedent social conditioning factors, social engagement processes, and their consequences of learning…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Students, Adult Learning, College Students
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Combs, Alex E.; Foster, John M. – AERA Open, 2021
Homestead exemptions for senior and disabled homeowners disproportionally erode rural tax bases but may still stimulate local educational spending. This article examines one such exemption in Kentucky. Two-stage generalized method of moments is used to estimate the demand for local education spending, then spending in the absence of the exemption…
Descriptors: Taxes, Older Adults, Disabilities, Educational Finance
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Smith, Louisa; Phillipson, Lyn – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
The perspective of people with dementia, particularly late-stage dementia, is often excluded from research, even from methods like Participatory Action Research (PAR), which aim to democratise research. This research note outlines how a PAR project engaged with the perspective of people with late-stage dementia in a residential aged care facility.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dementia, Participatory Research, Nursing Homes
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Pennee Narot; Narong Kiettikunwong – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
It has been established that, during the period 1975-2025, the size of the elderly age group in all developed countries will increase from 19 to 55 million people. In lesser developed regions, there will be 67 million people aged 80 and over in 2025. If we believe in lifelong learning, we must be concerned about education throughout the lifespan…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Access to Education
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Pennee Narot; Narong Kiettikunwong – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
Technology is radically transforming every industry sector in Singapore and most parts of the world. As Singaporean leaders have continually reiterated, this will continue to have a severe impact on jobs, professions and careers. The key to growth ultimately depends on how fast a country is able to restructure its industries to remain competitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning, Aging (Individuals)
Leann Weaver – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Senior adults are not given development curriculum skills to help with technology to enhance their socialization and quality of life. The purpose of this qualitative, explanatory, single case study was to explain how a senior citizens center supports the curriculum development to help senior adults, age group 55 and over, acclimate to technology…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Technological Literacy, Quality of Life, Social Environment
Laura Lammers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Previous research has failed to utilize doctoral clinical psychology graduate students' when examining factors that potentially mediate against age-related bias. Death and aging anxiety are both intrinsically linked to thoughts or feelings when working with older adults. Studies have shown varying results in relation to whether education and…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students, Clinical Experience
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Oropilla, Czarecah Tuppil; Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen; Quinones, Gloria – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Intergenerational programs have benefits for both children and older adults; however, the ongoing pandemic has changed social situations across the globe. The focus of this article is on exploring transitions and transformations due to societal conditions and demands that drive the implementation of intergenerational programs during a time of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Barriers
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Dinour, Lauren M.; Daclan, Jennifer Y. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
Due to physical proximity constraints imposed by COVID-19, extreme electronic service learning (e-service-learning)--instruction and service offered completely online--allowed for the safe continuation of service-learning experiences. Using a combination of surveys and an autoethnographic approach, this study describes findings of an…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Bateman, Andre; Myers, Nicholas D.; Chen, Sisi; Lee, Seungmin – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
Self-efficacy is a psychosocial determinant of physical activity in adults. Different scales have been used to measure physical activity self-efficacy. This review examines the theoretical and measurement quality of scales measuring physical activity self-efficacy in physical activity-promoting interventions. The search strategy was based on the…
Descriptors: Measurement, Physical Activity Level, Self Efficacy, Intervention
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