Self-reports of ?positive? childhood and adolescent sexual contacts with older persons: An exploratory study

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 437-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Okami
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Sexual Contacts

Comparing Older Persons’ Human Rights: Exploratory Study of the International Older Persons’ Human Rights Index (IOPHRI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-634
Author(s):  
Israel Doron ◽  
Carole Cox ◽  
Benny Spanier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
The Status ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Actual Relationship

Abstract Background and Objectives Over the last 2 decades, several international indices have been developed to describe the status of older persons. None, however, have examined their human rights. The International Older Persons’ Human Rights Index (IOPHRI) fills in this gap by analyzing the formal legislative foundation of human rights for older people. The objective of this exploratory study is to examine the IOPHRI while comparing the legislation in 6 countries. Research Design and Methods A comparative international exploratory study comparing the human rights legislation of 6 countries: United States, Chile, Ireland, South Africa, India, and Australia in 5 different human rights domains: constitutional, protection, familial and informal support, planning, and empowerment. Results The findings suggest that the actual relationship between formal human rights of older persons and the real world is complex: for example, while the IOPHRI index places South Africa in first place, it is far behind compared with all other participants in the Global AgeWatch Index (which measures objective elements such as life expectancy at 60, or poverty rates in old age). Discussion and Implications Measuring and indexing human rights of older persons reveal significant methodological issues. Beyond these methodological challenges, comparing the ranking of the IOPHRI to nonlegalistic indices raises significant questions about the relationship between formal human rights and the actual living experiences of older persons.

An exploratory study of older persons’ perceptions of engaging in line dancing classes

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethan Owen-Booth ◽  
Elenid Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons

Stratégies d'adaptation, symptômes dépressifs, anxiété et bien-être au sein des personnes âgées vivant en milieu institutionnel

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Pinard ◽  
Philippe Landreville
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Extended Care

ABSTRACTOlder persons living in Residential and extended care centres (RECC) have to cope with various Stressors associated with institutional life. While some residents cope successfully, a large proportion of this population presents difficulties in adjustment. Knowledge about the role of coping strategies in the adjustment process to nursing home Stressors is limited to strategies used in the first few months following admission to RECC. The goal of this exploratory study was to determine how various coping strategies are related to depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being of 90 residents living in RECC for more than three months. Individual interviews were used to collect the data. Significant correlations were observed between measures of psychological adaptation and the strategies of escape-avoidance and seeking social support. These results confirm than certain coping strategies are associated with adaptation to life in RECC.

An exploratory study of exclusively heterosexual, primarily heterosexual, and mostly heterosexual young men

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 16-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritch C Savin-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Gender Nonconformity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Mostly Heterosexual ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Additional Point

Kinsey argued that sexuality exists along a continuum from exclusive attraction to one sex or the other, with degrees of gradations of nonexclusivity in-between. Other than bisexuality and, recently, mostly heterosexuality, possibilities within the nonexclusive spectrum are seldom investigated, especially among men. In two studies presented here, an additional point, primarily heterosexual, in-between exclusively heterosexual and mostly heterosexual, is proposed. The three were distinguished among 92 young men based on self-reports of three sexual indicators (attraction, fantasy, genital contact); two romantic indicators (infatuation, romantic relationship); and sexual identity. Exclusively heterosexuals differed from the other two in having lower levels of pupil dilation to same-sex (but not other-sex) pornographic stimuli and of gender nonconformity, a proxy for sexual orientation. Primarily and mostly heterosexuals did not differ from each other on either measure but did differ in the extent to which mostly heterosexuals were considerably more likely to endorse same-sex sexuality. Results supported the uniqueness of mostly heterosexual men and, descriptively, primarily heterosexual men. The second longitudinal study found the exclusively heterosexual point was the most stable. Across the three, there was greater movement toward same-sex than other-sex sexuality. This is interpreted in light of the increasing acceptance of same-sex sexuality within the millennial generation.

Stacking the Odds: A Phenomenological Study of Non-problem Gambling in Later Life

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Hagen ◽  
Gary Nixon ◽  
Jason Solowoniuk
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Problem Gamblers ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Behavioural Strategies

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this exploratory, phenomenological-hermeneutic study was to explore the experience of non-problem gambling by older adults. Twelve older gamblers were identified as non-problem gamblers using two gambling screens and participated in in-depth interviews about their experience of gambling. Two major themes emerged from the interviews: the attractions of gambling and methods to keep gambling in control. Older persons sought out gambling for a variety of reasons: social contact, the food and the excitement, chances to give to charity, chances to have an inexpensive holiday, and the need for a safe way to be “bad”. Participants also described a number of cognitive and behavioural strategies to keep their gambling from becoming a problem. The results of this small exploratory study suggest that gambling is a popular form of social entertainment for older persons, although the main attractions of gambling have little or nothing to do with gambling itself. Older persons also appear to possess numerous strategies to keep gambling from becoming a problem.

scholarly journals 10Weight Trends among Residents in HSE Residential Care Sites for Older Persons in CHO 8 (Midlands Area) – an Exploratory Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. v13-v60
Author(s):  
C O'Shea ◽  
C H Murphy ◽  
D Loane ◽  
C Diettrich ◽  
E McTiernan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons

P117: Shorter telomeres in peripheral blood lymphocytes from older persons with sarcopenia: results from an exploratory study

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. S119
Author(s):  
E. Marzetti ◽  
M. Lorenzi ◽  
R. Calvani ◽  
R. Roberto ◽  
F. Landi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Blood Lymphocytes
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