scholarly journals Capability in Research on Cognition and Well-being in Ageing and Retirement

2022 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Anne Ingeborg Berg ◽  
Pär Bjälkebring ◽  
Marcus Praetorius Björk ◽  
Yvonne Brehmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Cognitive Ageing ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Research Consortium

AbstractIn this chapter, we outline our thoughts on capability in relation to previous and ongoing research projects conducted by the Adult Development and Ageing (ADA-Gero) Research Group located at the Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. More specifically, we relate our research on cognitive ageing and subjective well-being to the overarching capability framework implemented as a theoretical platform in the AgeCap research consortium.

Psychosocial Development and Subjective Well-Being in an Age Cross-Section of Adults

1986 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Tesch
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Individual Stage ◽  
High Internal Consistency

Though often cited, Erikson's theory has been relatively neglected in empirical studies of adult development, partly because few measures operationalize his psychosocial constructs. The present research examined the internal consistency and construct validity of an expanded version of the Inventory of Psychosocial Development (E-IPD) which included the generativity and ego integrity scales created by Boylin et al. [1]. Participants were seventy-nine adults with a mean age of forty-two and mean educational level of fifteen years. Total E-IPD scores were found to have high internal consistency but many individual stage scales did not. Men's E-IPD scores showed discriminant validity with respect to social desirability and women's E-IPD scores showed convergent validity with a measure of subjective well-being. Psychosocial development scores were largely unrelated to age, indicating that the E-IPD may have little validity as a measure of adult development.

Cross-Temporal Exploration of the Relationship Between Wisdom-Related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From a Cross-Validated National Longitudinal Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 194855062092161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henri C. Santos ◽  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Random Subset ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Epistemic Humility ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
The Relationship

How do intraindividual changes in wisdom-related characteristics of cognitive broadening—open-minded reflection on challenging situations, consideration of change, and epistemic humility—relate to subjective well-being over time? To test this relationship, we performed cross-lagged panel analyses from three waves of the national U.S. sample taken across 20 years, utilizing a cross-validation approach: (i) conduct exploratory analyses on a random subset of data, (ii) preregister hypotheses and methods, and (iii) cross-validate preregistered hypotheses on the other random subset of the data. We found that broadening attitudes predicted greater affect balance and life satisfaction in later years, but not vice-versa. The effect was robust when controlling for trait-level broadening well-being associations, as well as sociodemographic characteristics, openness, and general cognitive abilities. The direction of the positive longitudinal relationship between broadening attitudes and subjective well-being has implications for major existing theories of adult development and subjective well-being.

scholarly journals The Investigation of Relations Among Self-Efficacy in Adolescents, Self-Perception of Parental Role and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Melis Seray Ozden-Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Parental Roles ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Self-efficacy refers to beliefs about one’s capabilities to learn or perform behaviors at different areas such as academic, social and emotional. Thereby self-efficacy in adolescents can be related with their subjective well-being, defined as a person’s cognitive and affective evaluations of his life. The second important factor that can be related with adolescents’ subjective well-being is their parents’ self-perception of their parental roles on the level of competence, role satisfaction, investment and role balance. On this basis the aim of this study is to investigate the relations among self-efficacy in adolescents, self- perception of parental role and adolescents’ subjective well-being. The research group was conducted by 390 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 and their parents. Data was collected with Demographical Information Form, Self-Efficacy Scale for Children, Self-Perception of Parental Scale and Adolescent Subjective Well-Being Scale. The findings indicated that academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, emotional self-efficacy and competence of mother were predicting adolescents’ subjective well-being significantly.   Keywords: Adolescent, self-efficacy, parental role, subjective well-being.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING: AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION ON HUMAN NEEDS AND HUMAN INTERDEPENDENCY

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisyah Abu Bakar ◽  
Syahriah Bachok ◽  
Mariana Mohamed Osman ◽  
Mansor Ibrahim ◽  
Muhammad Faris Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Central Regions

This study is a part of an ongoing research to discover subjective indicators of sustainable well-being for Malaysia. Initial findings recognized two important notions of subjective measures of sustainable well-being. The first notion suggested that sustainable well-being manifested in human interdependency. The second notion suggested that human interdependency is attained when human needs are fulfilled. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was adopted to indicate the stages and examples of each needs. There were eight stages of human needs which were adapted into 24 common human needs substituted under eight components of three human needs dimensions. The dimensions were (i) basic necessities, (ii) complimentary needs, and (iii) desired opportunities. It was hypothesized that human needs influence the level of human interdependency. This paper delivers an empirical analysis testing the effects of human needs on human interdependency. The study intends to determine the influence of human needs on human interdependency. Questionnaire survey was conducted and 894 reliable samples were gathered. 192 Independent Sample T-Tests were conducted to determine statistical difference in levels of eight components of human interdependency, between respondents who claimed difficult and respondents who claimed easy to attain 24 human needs in the past year. There were statistically significant differences in most of the components of human interdependency between groups of 24 human needs. The empirical study conducted in the central regions of a developing and multicultural country, Malaysia, is a useful reference to subjective well-being studies piloted in areas of similar characteristics.

Early childhood music research, practice and policy: A COVID-19 collaboration

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. Svec ◽  
Lisa Koops
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Early Childhood Music ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Music Research

In response to COVID-19, various resources were disseminated to the music education community regarding research, practice and policy. Few of those resources, however, included implications for early childhood music learners and educators. Therefore, the purpose of our piece was to describe how a group drawn from the leadership boards of NAfME’s Early Childhood Music Special Research Group, Early Childhood Music & Movement Association and the editorial board of the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood gathered, created resources and participated in ongoing research projects.

Cross-temporal Exploration of the Relationship between Wisdom-related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from a Cross-validated National Longitudinal Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henri C. Santos ◽  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Random Subset ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Epistemic Humility ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
The Relationship

How do intra-individual changes in wisdom-related characteristics of cognitive broadening – open-minded reflection on challenging situations, consideration of change, and epistemic humility – relate to subjective well-being over time? To test this relationship, we performed cross-lagged panel analyses from three waves of the national US sample taken across 20 years, utilizing a cross-validation approach: i) conduct exploratory analyses on a random subset of data; ii) pre-register hypotheses and methods; iii) cross-validate pre-registered hypotheses on the other random subset of the data. We found that broadening attitudes predicted greater affect balance and life satisfaction in later years, but not vice-versa. The effect were robust when controlling for trait-level broadening-well-being associations, as well as socio-demographic characteristics, openness, and general cognitive abilities. The direction of the positive longitudinal relationship between broadening attitudes and subjective well-being has implications for major existing theories of adult development and subjective well-being.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING: AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION ON HUMAN NEEDS AND HUMAN INTERDEPENDENCY

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisyah Abu Bakar ◽  
Syahriah Bachok ◽  
Mariana Mohamed Osman ◽  
Mansor Ibrahim ◽  
Muhammad Faris Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Central Regions

This study is a part of an ongoing research to discover subjective indicators of sustainable well-being for Malaysia. Initial findings recognized two important notions of subjective measures of sustainable well-being. The first notion suggested that sustainable well-being manifested in human interdependency. The second notion suggested that human interdependency is attained when human needs are fulfilled. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was adopted to indicate the stages and examples of each needs. There were eight stages of human needs which were adapted into 24 common human needs substituted under eight components of three human needs dimensions. The dimensions were (i) basic necessities, (ii) complimentary needs, and (iii) desired opportunities. It was hypothesized that human needs influence the level of human interdependency. This paper delivers an empirical analysis testing the effects of human needs on human interdependency. The study intends to determine the influence of human needs on human interdependency. Questionnaire survey was conducted and 894 reliable samples were gathered. 192 Independent Sample T-Tests were conducted to determine statistical difference in levels of eight components of human interdependency, between respondents who claimed difficult and respondents who claimed easy to attain 24 human needs in the past year. There were statistically significant differences in most of the components of human interdependency between groups of 24 human needs. The empirical study conducted in the central regions of a developing and multicultural country, Malaysia, is a useful reference to subjective well-being studies piloted in areas of similar characteristics.

Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

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