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  • Pathways to Well-Being : A Mixed Methods Study on Purpose in Life in Middle Adulthood

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    Ko, Han-Jung
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    An ability to meet the changing demands associated with development promotes purpose in life, a defining feature of psychological well-being. Midlife adults consistently report higher purpose in life compared to older adults. However, less is known about the dynamics of purpose in life in the transition from middle to older...
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    : ___________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker An ability to meet the changing demands associated with development

  • Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

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    Cox, Michelle J.
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    The goal of this study was to pursue the construct of transcendence from a psychosocial, developmental perspective to predict who will volunteer and its influence on the average number of volunteer hours worked per week. The predictor variable is the self-transcendence subscale score on the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (ASTI) (Levenson...
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    Explain Baby Boomers’ Volunteer Hours? Abstract approved: Karen Hooker, Ph.D. Alexis J

  • Young Adults’ Personal Goal Appraisals over the Great Recession Years : A Case Study of Germany

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    Recksiedler, Claudia
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    In 2008, the “Great Recession” gained its momentum and quickly grew into a global crisis that led to massive gross domestic product declines and job losses in countries around the world. Relative to prior economic downturns, young adults were greatly affected by the Great Recession. This likely placed a premium...
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    support related to the statistical analysis in this dissertation. Karen Hooker enriched my theoretical

  • Longitudinal changes in stress-related growth : relations with stress severity and depressive symptoms

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    Bi, Xiaoyu
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    Studies on the positive effects of stress, called stress-related growth (SRG), are increasing, and there are a variety of contradictory theoretical models and findings in the literature. This dissertation compared several of these models in two studies, using two waves of data from the Davis Longitudinal Study, a study of...
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    . Karen Hooker encouraged me to be an independent researcher and to create a good balance between school

  • Diverse pathways in retirement transitions : influences of family, work, wealth, and health

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    Peters, Cheryl L.
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    Shaped by life course and feminist perspectives, this study investigated the influence of finances, human capital, health, family situations, and work factors on two different retirement transitions among married and partnered men and women. Because women and men arrive at retirement under different life circumstances, logistic regression analyses were conducted...
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