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Age And Ethnic Variations In Attitudes Towards Older Persons, Family And Filial Obligations, Suzanne T. Ortega, John Shafer

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Two major interpretations have been advanced to explain the frequent finding that ethnic elders have more extensive kin support networks than Anglo elders. Structural interpretations argue that the exigencies of poverty and ill health cause minorities to rely more heavily on family members for help than Anglos, whereas cultural explanations rest upon presumed differences in family values and attitudes. Despite the prominence of these two explanations, direct tests of the cultural model are rare. In this study, we use data from a study of 100 African, Mexican, Vietnamese, European, and Native American adults to test the hypothesis that there are …

Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa: An Analysis Of Her Skeleton In The Sarcophagus At The British Museum, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Voting Participation And The Very Old: A Cost / Benefit Analysis, Scott Randolph Jendusa

Theses

A cost/benefit analysis of the voting behavior of a purposive sample of citizens aged 76 to 94 reveals that disability limits turnout by increasing the effort needed to vote while the reasons to participate decrease due to the loss of social roles and relationships. Personal interviews were conducted with 16 poor, disabled , unmarried women to determine if the decline in voter turnout statistics that occurs in the mid-seventies indicates a lack of interest in voting by the advanced elderly or the inability to participate when so desired . The study expands upon the existing literature which implicitly accepts disability …

Evaluation Of An Intergenerational Service-Learning Project For Undergraduates, Robert G. Bringle, John F. Kremer

Intergenerational

An appropriate objective within a liberal arts approach to education is enhancing students' awareness of attitudes toward their own aging. A combined intervention of intergenerational experience and didactic instruction had a favorable effect on students' attitudes toward older adults i11 general and on students' uie'w of their own later lives. Additional positive consequences are discussed, and suggestions for running similar curricular components are presented.

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation Minutes, 1993, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation minutes from 1993.

Independence In The Elderly: A Review Of Activity Theory And Its Application, Michelle Dean

Whittier Scholars Program

Activity Theory is a major social theory in gerontology. Gerontology is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of aging individuals which combines fields such as biology, medicine, biochemistry, sociology, and psychology. This presentation will investigate causes of aging and the life cycle of aging individuals. A brief description of the major social theories of aging and their implications for life satisfaction in the culture of the American society will provide an introduction to the primary objective, which is independence in the elderly and the application of Activity theory. The outcome of this study and future concerns for research in gerontology …

Annual Report Of The President, 1992-1993, Molloy University Archives And Special Collections

Annual Reports of the President

This item is an annual report published by the Office of the President in 1993, detailing the 1992-1993 academic year. It provides summaries of institutional changes, achievements of the students, faculty and staff, as well as an overview of the past academic year's events.

Center For Psychological Studies 1993-1994 Catalog, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Employment And Happiness Among Mormon And Non-Mormon Mothers In Utah, Kimberly Grace Andersen

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of maternal employment status on the happiness and/or unhappiness of married Utah women with children were studied. The independent variables were employment status, age, and denomination. Covariates were health, husbands income, and number of children. Denominational differences were not found to impact happiness, but age and employment status were related to happiness, with non-employed and younger mothers being happier.

Untying The Knot: A Scoialist-Feminist Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Care: Social Research And Development Monograph No. 7, Dani Stehlik

Research outputs pre 2011

As the Australian population ages, policy and human service practice in the field of aged care assumes an increasingly important and relevant position. In this monograph I argue that women who are providing care for aged spouses, parents or relatives in their (or their carer's) own homes, are doing essential, hard and stressful work, work which is unpaid and often unacknowledged, and that the Australian welfare system is now structured around the invisible unpaid labour of such women. The rhetoric of Australian political parties is focussing more and more on the notion of an ideal' family' and 'community' and a …

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 10 - December 11, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Rediscovering The Asylum, Sharon M. Keigher

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Spending a night at a typical big city shelter for the homeless has reminded the author of the massive and regimented environment in institutions that she had mistakenly believed no longer existed after the much acclaimed "deinstitutionalization" of America. St. Mary's is run by a religious order attempting to provide charitable care in a nondemanding environment. Many demands are made, however. The lack of privacy and respect for individuality inherent in institutional life tends to erode the "inmate's" very conception of self. It controls their activities, time, and choices, and thus creates barriers to exit. Providing "shelter" for the homeless …

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 09 - November 27, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 08 - November 20, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 2, No. 17, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Regents Considered Full Agenda Oct. 29
• If We Have to Cut, Where Will We Slice?
• Here are '93-'94 Budget Priorities
• Fife, Dana. Expanded Child Care Serves Campus Better
• Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Named Sumpter Professor
• Dr. C. Wayne Jones is Glasgow Director
• Home Sweet Home was a Cardboard Box
• Turkeys are the Target - ROTC

Bibliography And Annotated Bibliography Of Research: The Effects Of Service-Learning Participation On Students Who Serve, Marilyn W. Smith

Bibliographies

The bibliography portion of this document includes journal articles; ERIC documents; chapters in books; unpublished reports; research in progress; and perspectives and recommendations for the assessment and evaluation of service learning. The annotated bibliography of this document includes journal articles; ERIC documents; chapters in books; unpublished reports; and research in progress.

Spartan Daily, October 28, 1992, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 99, Issue 43

Spartan Daily, October 27, 1992, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 99, Issue 42

Spartan Daily, October 26, 1992, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 99, Issue 41

Linden World, October 15, 1992, Lindenwood College

Linden World (1985-1997)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood College

1992-1993 Lindenwood Lions Sports Program, Lindenwood College

Athletic Guides

1992-1993 Lindenwood Lions Sports Program

The Older Population In Massachusetts, 1980-1990, Gerontology Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Gerontology Institute Publications

Massachusetts and the nation are aging! People 65 and older are growing in numbers more rapidly than other younger segments of the population, and the unprecedented growth of this group has created new demands on and new opportunities for every major sector of American life. But if we are to make constructive plans for an aging society, we must have sound information on the major changes in the make-up of the population.

This report shows how the older populations in Massachusetts and in the United States have changed in the decade between 1980 and 1990. It is designed to serve …

Correlates Of The Elderly's Participation And Nonparticipation In The Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) Program: A New Evaluation, Namkee G. Choi

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper analyzes the economic and sociodemographic factors associated with the elderly's participation and nonparticipation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Unlike the previous findings based on the early phase of the program, this analysis found that the amount of benefit is no longer a significant predictor of participation for couples and individuals receiving support and maintenance. Level of education and housing status are now found to be consistently significantly associated with participation of all or most filing units. The paper concludes with a discussion of policy recommendations for more aggressive outreach efforts.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 2, No. 10, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Gov. Brereton Jones Names WKU Regents
• Academic Council Minutes, June 24, 1992
• WKU Authors Celebrate Kentucky's Birthday
• Campus Notes Bicentennial with Presentations
• Hello Janice Reveals Stories of Kentucky Author Janice Holt Giles
• Dr. Lowell Harrison Chronicles Kentucky's Road to Statehood
• Fife, Dana. Adult Day Center Involves WKU Students

Linden World, July 1992, Lindenwood College

Linden World (1985-1997)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood College

Service Centers: The Neglected Role Of The Town, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The dichotomy of urban and rural areas does not fit the circumstances of contemporary social life in the United States. Although needy populations redistributed across the social landscape, almost no social service agencies serving rural populations are, or ever have been, located in either urban (city) or rural (countryside) areas. Social agencies serving rural populations are nearly always located in towns. The town is a unique and distinctive rural social, economic and political institution. An adequate approach to conceptualizing rural social work must begin with recognition of one of the fundamental insights of contemporary urban theory: the regional character of …

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 19 - June 5, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Daily Life Of The Oldest Old, Margareta Carlsson-Agren, Stig Berg, Claes-Goran Wenestam

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this study was to investigate how very old persons-a representative sample of 129 noninstitutionalized 85-year-old Swedish persons with different patterns of adjustment-may live and experience daily life. The analysis of in-depth interviews showed that better adjusted participants enjoyed their freedom as retirees to form daily life at their own choosing. Within patterns of poorer adjustment, daily life was more influenced by other conditions than by the individual's preferences. It was common to construct personal time-tables for keeping up self-control and regardless of the level of activity, most participants thought that time passed quickly. It is argued that …

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 17 - May 1, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Organic Communities, Atomistic Societies, And Loneliness, Ben Mijuskovic

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The article distinguishes two models of human organization, the organic community and the atomistic society. It maintains that the organic paradigm stresses (a) the ideal unity of the whole; (b) organic or intrinsic relations; (c) living or dialectical processes; (d) the image of "members"; (e) the mutual interdependence of the members; (f) a role perspective; and (g) dynamic or natural functions. By contrast, the atomistic construction emphasizes (a) the value of individual freedom; (b) external connections; (c) mechanical or causal explanations; (d) the metaphor of "parts"; (e) the independence of the parts; (f) a rule orientation; and (g) a formalistic, …