The Elderly in Society

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-345
Author(s):  
Jon Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Patterns Of Aging ◽  
Age Stratification ◽  
Structural Arrangements

Modernization theory provides a successful conceptual model in gerontology for two reasons. First, and most obviously, it establishes an integrative framework for those who focus on cross-cultural and historical patterns of aging in comparative contexts. In addition, together with the age-stratification model (Riley, Johnson, and Foner, 1972), it has fostered a movement away from an emphasis on individualistic, psychological explanations of adjustment and adaptation toward a more macrolevel orientation. As a consequence, research in aging has gradually become more attuned to the importance of structural arrangements and their impact on the roles and statuses accorded the elderly. The purpose of this article is to expand further the focus on societal factors and to suggest a needed redirection of our research interests.

Prospective Memory Development Across the Lifespan

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Zuber ◽  
Matthias Kliegel
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Present Model ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Integrative Framework

Abstract. Prospective Memory (PM; i.e., the ability to remember to perform planned tasks) represents a key proxy of healthy aging, as it relates to older adults’ everyday functioning, autonomy, and personal well-being. The current review illustrates how PM performance develops across the lifespan and how multiple cognitive and non-cognitive factors influence this trajectory. Further, a new, integrative framework is presented, detailing how those processes interplay in retrieving and executing delayed intentions. Specifically, while most previous models have focused on memory processes, the present model focuses on the role of executive functioning in PM and its development across the lifespan. Finally, a practical outlook is presented, suggesting how the current knowledge can be applied in geriatrics and geropsychology to promote healthy aging by maintaining prospective abilities in the elderly.

A conceptual model of life balance: Cross-cultural commonalities and differences

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Shaffer ◽  
Anne Marie C. Francesco ◽  
Janice R. Joplin ◽  
Theresa Lau
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Life Balance

scholarly journals Disbelief, Disengagement, Discontinuance, and Disaffiliation An Integrative Framework for the Study of Religious Deidentification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl R. Van Tongeren ◽  
C. Nathan DeWall
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Spiritual Struggles

Religion offers a powerful social identity. However, religious change is common across the lifespan, including some who leave religion altogether. Research on leaving religion has mostly been fragmented and failed to embrace a unified theory that captures the breadth of the extant research and appreciates the crucial nuances revealed by empirical findings. Toward that end, we adopt Saroglou’s (2011) classification of four dimensions of religiousness to introduce a conceptual model to explain the varieties of different research strands that have examined those leaving religion and integrate them into a unified theory of religious change. We explain how religious deidentification describes how one no longer identifies as religious, and this process can occur via disbelief, disengagement, discontinuance, and disaffiliation. We contend that religious and spiritual struggles are potential pathways by which deidentification may occur. Finally, we situate the work on religious deidentification among other related constructs and provide a brief framework for future research on the nonreligious experience.

An Integrative Framework on the Psychological Variables Explaining the Consumers’ Use of E-Commerce-Based Recommendation Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 350-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Martínez-López ◽  
Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad ◽  
Inma Rodríguez-Ardura ◽  
Claudia C. Cabal-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Recommendation Systems ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Psychological Process ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Research Propositions

A conceptual model to understand the consumer’s adoption and use of certain website recommendation system is presented; the research problem is tackled from a psychological perspective. The authors base on, adapt and integrate classical theories of consumer behavior with particular theories developed in the framework of computer-mediated environments. The model proposed, along with the relations analyzed among the variables considered (a total of 16 research propositions), should be of help for recommendation systems designer and website managers, in order to work with systems more aware of the psychological process experienced by consumers when interacting with them.

Reconstruction of communicative stereotype in indirect dialogue of cultures: methodology of studies

10.12737/363 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Силантьева ◽  
Margarita Silanteva
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Approach

The article addresses the main principles and methods of linguistic and cultural approach to reconstructing communicative stereotypes. The author shows the role of philosophical comparative studies in building a conceptual model of communicative stereotype, which makes it possible to define the content of cultural analysis in cross-cultural communication. The article proves the necessity to test their relevance in reference to historical facts in international relations. Studying the concept of ‘a border of constructive dialogues’, the author develops the idea further, introducing the term ‘a zone of transfer to irreversible destructiveness’.

scholarly journals Exploring the Experience and Determinants of the Food Choices and Eating Practices of Elderly Thai People: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chalobol Chalermsri ◽  
Sibylle Herzig van Wees ◽  
Shirin Ziaei ◽  
Eva-Charlotte Ekström ◽  
Weerasak Muangpaisan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Eating Practices

Over the past decade, Thailand has experienced a rapid increase in its elderly population. Many unfavorable health outcomes among elderly people are associated with nutrition. Nutrition in elderly people is affected by physical, mental, and social factors. This study explored the food choices and dietary practices among community-dwelling elderly people in Thailand from the perspective of both caregivers and the elderly people themselves. Six focus group discussions and six semi-structured interviews were conducted in the Samut Sakhon Province of Thailand. A combination of deductive and inductive thematic analyses was adopted, and the results show that physical and mental factors and societal factors are important determinants of food choices. Moreover, a changing food environment and economic factors were found to affect food choices. Issues of trust in food safety and food markets were highlighted as growing issues. Therefore, fostering healthy food choice interventions that consider both environmental and societal aspects is necessary.

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