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The structural relationship among gender role conflict, social support and health behavior in older men

Creator:: Hill, Wade Garrison
Abstract:: Inquiry into the cause of men's premature mortality has been historically framed in a biological deterministic perspective. This research takes an alternative view whereby the possible interactions of psychosocial variables with men's health promoting and health seeking behaviors are examined using cross-sectional survey data with older men. Specifically, this research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Among Gender Role Conflict, Social Support, and Health Behavior in Older Men. Abstract approved: (I

The effects of age and neuroticism on stress reactivity and cortisol diurnal rhythms : findings from the Normative Aging Study

Creator:: Proulx, Jeffrey A.
Abstract:: We examined the effect of daily stress, age, and emotional stability/neuroticism on stress reactivity, using cortisol diurnal rhythms. We used data from the Normative Aging Study (Spiro & Bosse, 2001). The 72 men in this study ranged from 67-93 (M =79.29, SD =4.88). Multilevel modeling showed that higher daily stress...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education

Creator:: Brennan, L. A.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored dimensions of reflection for older adults in a developmental oriented adventure education experience. Data were gathered from emergent interviews with four individuals while participating in a multi-day, self-contained experiential education program conducted in a rugged environment, and led by a Navajo leader. Two principle research questions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reflection by Older Adults in Adventure- based Experiential Education Abstract approved

Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

Creator:: Lee, Megan
Abstract:: Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary and multifaceted approaches with options to keep older

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:: unfortunately beyond the scope of this dissertation, reflect psychological development in older adulthood

An assessment of the relationship between culturally specific coping methods and occupational stress for black male counselor educators : Implications for increased diversity in CACREP accredited programs

Creator:: Dempsey, Keith
Abstract:: The absence of Black male counselor educators in CACREP accredited programs is astounding. Out of a pool of 130 CACREP programs, only 31 have at least one Black male full time counselor educator. Although these programs are comprised of approximately 2,000 counselor educators, only 58 of them are Black men....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: goal progress and daily affect and personality traits. Ultimately, the personality of older adults

Fraternity men's diversity experiences and degree of gender role conflict

Creator:: Schalewski, Lucas L.
Abstract:: Gender role conflict has been found to be a psychological condition that produces negative outcomes for men as they negotiate the tensions between who they truly are and who they feel they must be based on social expectations (O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986). Recent studies on college men's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Pollack, 1999). Gender role conflict, a psychological condition many college men participate in, is

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Creator:: Schure, Marc B.
Abstract:: Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Disability and Long-Term Care Use among Older American Indians AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Comparing lifespan and life course perspectives on combat exposure and PTSD symptoms in later life : findings from the normative aging study

Creator:: Kang, Sungrok
Abstract:: We examined how the experiences of World War II and Korean War veterans, including prewar, warzone, and postwar factors, affected PTSD symptoms in later life. This dissertation consists of two studies. In Study 1, four different hypotheses from a lifespan approach were examined (King et al., 1996): stress evaporation (only...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: events on psychological well-being (Aldwin, 2007). Combat exposure of veterans during military service

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The structural relationship among gender role conflict, social support and health behavior in older men

The effects of age and neuroticism on stress reactivity and cortisol diurnal rhythms : findings from the Normative Aging Study

A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education

Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

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

An assessment of the relationship between culturally specific coping methods and occupational stress for black male counselor educators : Implications for increased diversity in CACREP accredited programs

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

Fraternity men's diversity experiences and degree of gender role conflict

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Comparing lifespan and life course perspectives on combat exposure and PTSD symptoms in later life : findings from the normative aging study

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