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  • Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

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    Choun, Soyoung
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    Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health

  • Awareness of Aging in Taiwan and the United States : An Examination of Ageism among College Students using Stereotypes and Future Self-views

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    Allen, Pamela M.
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    Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to increasing human and economic costs. Age stereotypes tend to be negative (Hummert, 1990) and ubiquitous (Nelson, 2002) there are a variety of well documented detrimental consequences of negative age stereotypes on older adults' physical, cognitive and psychological outcomes (Hummert,...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to

  • Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

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    Bolkan, Cory R.
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    Grounded in life span theory, this study explored how personal goals (as measured by possible selves) related to depressive symptoms in older adults. Possible selves represent individuals' ideas of what they would like to become (hoped-for selves) and what they are afraid of becoming (feared selves). Possible selves are also...
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    . Title: Goal Pursuits and Mental Health in Later Life. Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker Grounded in

  • Social regulatory processes in adulthood : responding to change and variability in proximal and distal social forces

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    Mejía, Shannon T.
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    Adult development and social experiences are intertwined, which has implications for social policy, health, and well-being across the lifespan. This dissertation explores the benefit and risk that close social partners bring to adults' lives, and the efficacy and consequences of engaging social resources to maintain well-being in the face of...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Adult development and social experiences are intertwined, which has

  • Residential placement of patients with dementia : relationship to care recipient and caregiver variables

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    Coehlo, Deborah Padgett
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    The occurrence and timing of residential care of patients with dementia is impacted by several care recipient and caregiver variables. Previous research has shown a strong relationship among residential placement and marital status, cognitive decline, deterioration in functional abilities, and presence of behavior problems in the care recipient. Research on...
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    Variables. Abstract Leslie Richards Karen Hooker The occurrence and timing of residential care of

  • 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

  • Theorizing age and gender in the pursuit of love in late life

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    Levaro, Elizabeth Bayler
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    In this dissertation, I explore how women and men in later life experience the world of dating and the pursuit of new intimate relationships. Although the mortality gap between women and men at older ages is narrowing, as they enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s, there are still at least...
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    Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker

  • 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

  • Psychosocial Influences on Self-Reported and Performance-Based Indicators of Cognitive Health and Aging: An Intraindividual Variability Approach

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    Cerino, Eric S.
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    An estimated 5.7 million Americans are currently living with the dementia stage of Alzheimer’s disease, impeding health and wellbeing for individuals diagnosed, caregivers, families, and communities across the country (Alzheimer’s Association, 2018). Studying early indicators of age-related cognitive decline and pathological cognitive impairment (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease) is crucial to inform...
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    -chairs and co-major professors Dr. Karen Hooker and Dr. Rob Stawski, committee members Dr. Rick

  • An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

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    De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
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    The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Clara C. Pratt Karen A. Hooker The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has