Social interaction patterns, social preferences, and social choices are of central interest to
psychologists. Yet the developmental course of social behavior within a life-span context …

Depression in later life is a significant and growing problem. Age-related differences in the
type and severity of depressive disorders continue to be questioned and necessarily …

In this study, the relationship between age and depression is analyzed, looking for effects of
maturity, decline, life-cycle stage, survival, and historical trend. The data are from a 1990 …

This paper examines the effect of social engagement on disability among community-
dwelling older adults in 1982–1991. Data were collected from the New Haven, Connecticut …

Over the past four decades the environmental context of aging has come to play an
important role in gerontological theory, research, and practice. Environmental gerontology …

Background Existing studies in developed countries show that social participation has
beneficial effects on the functional ability of older adults, but research on Chinese older …

In 1974, Gottesman and Bourestom reported that nursing home residents spent 56% of their
day doing nothing. Since then, activity programming has significantly expanded. This study …

The goal of this article is to examine differential aging in everyday functioning between
resource-rich and resource-poor older adults. Four groups of older adults were identified on …

Two large random-sample surveys of adults age 18 and over show high, stable mean levels
of perceived control in the age range 18 through 50, followed by successive steps down in …

Dados de pesquisas mostram que 25% da população idosa mundial é dependente de
outros para realizar suas tarefas cotidianas. Entretanto, a grande maioria, apesar de …