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Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

Creator:

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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Dissertation

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

Creator:

Bi, Xiaoyu

Abstract:

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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Dissertation