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Interactive video communication technology and successful aging in place : applying the selective optimization with compensation model

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Yamamoto, Toshiko

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This study utilized the theoretical framework of selective optimization with compensation (SOC) (Baltes, 1987; Baltes & Baltes, 1990) to interpret older adults' definitions about successful aging in place. Factors contributing to successful aging in place, including the importance of social interaction and perceptions of the usefulness of interactive video communication...

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with Compensation Model Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell This study utilized the
Person-environment fit and adaptation : exploring the interaction between person and environment in older age

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Lien, Laura L.

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The ability to independently age in place requires an appropriate match between a person and the environment, or P-E fit. The person-environment interaction helps describe the adaptation processes employed in older age to achieve P-E fit, but is little understood. Therefore, the objective of this two-part study was to gain...

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: ________________________________________________________ Carmen D. Steggell The ability to independently age in place requires an
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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Dissertation