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

Creator:: Choun, Soyoung
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health

Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

Creator:: Hall, Brandi June
Abstract:: Caregiving circumstances frequently evoke high levels of stress for caregivers and have consistently been linked to adverse psychological and physical health consequences. Within the caregiving literature, researchers have sought to answer questions about why some individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to the well-established deleterious consequences of caregiving stress. Several...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker

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

Creator:: Allen, Pamela M.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Creator:: Croucher, Racheal L.
Abstract:: The history of American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) in education is filled with conflict and painful memories for many. Indian boarding schools that lasted through the early 1900s were used as a tool for forced assimilation of AIAN people. With the disturbing motto of “Kill the Indian, save the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Student Success Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker The history of American Indian and Alaska

Personal action constructs and the long term care ombudsman role : linking personal projects and possible selves in personal research

Creator:: Bolkan, Cory R.
Abstract:: This study explored potential linkages between personal projects (Little, 1983) and possible selves (Markus, 1986), two mid-level units of analyses in personality research. The primary goal of this research was to bridge participants' current project as state volunteer ombudsmen for care facilities, to their future, hoped-for selves. This relationship was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Personality Research. Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker This study explored potential linkages between

Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

Creator:: Bolkan, Cory R.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 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

Creator:: Mejía, Shannon T.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Adult development and social experiences are intertwined, which has

Shaping social worlds : exploring relationship regulation processes in older adults' daily lives

Creator:: Mejía, Shannon T.
Abstract:: The social aspects of older adults lives are strongly linked to well-being outcomes. Social relationships in older adulthood are rewarding, but also complex, and to maintain a positive social environment, older adults must reconcile long relationships histories, negotiate changing roles, and deal with increasing dependencies. Older adults are known to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Adults’ Daily Lives Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker The social aspects of

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

Creator:: Ko, Han-Jung
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________ 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

Creator:: Levaro, Elizabeth Bayler
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Karen A. Hooker

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

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

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Personal action constructs and the long term care ombudsman role : linking personal projects and possible selves in personal research

Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

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

Shaping social worlds : exploring relationship regulation processes in older adults' daily lives

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

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

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