Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. Anthropology)--University of Waikato, 2008. / Title from PDF cover (viewed October 3, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92)

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-313).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2005. / Title from second page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [2], v, 177 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-103).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1997. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-04, Section: A, page: 1455.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 159 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-94).

The purpose of this study was to construct a model of midlife work adaptation that depicts a basic framework outlining coping processes by which midlife adults use to approach changes identified in the current midlife context that challenge them cognitively, physically, and emotionally.

Thesis (M. A. (Psychology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2016 / The deterioration of health associated with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus often leads to psychological problems especially among ageing older persons. The aim of the present study was to explore the lived experiences of older persons living with chronic diseases in Ga-Dikgale community in the Limpopo Province. Specifically, the study sought to determine the subjective meanings that older persons living with chronic diseases attach to their conditions; to establish older persons’ causal explanations of their chronic diseases; and, to determine the psychological strategies that older persons use to manage their conditions. A qualitative approach, and in particular, the phenomenological method was used in the present study. Ten older persons living with the experiences of chronic diseases (male = 3: female = 7), aged between 60 and 90 were selected through purposive sampling and requested to participate in the study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and analyzed using the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method. The themes that emerged from the study included the following: a). The subjective explanations by older persons living with a chronic disease; b). Manifestations of chronic diseases; c). The psychological coping strategies used by older persons; d) The management of chronic diseases. The findings of the present study further suggest that the participants understand their illnesses as chronic conditions that require long-term management. A number of psychological strategies are utilised by the participants to cope with their chronic conditions. These include passive/active coping and cognitive reappraisal coping strategies. With regard to the management of chronic conditions, most participants were of the view that medical treatment received from the clinic is appropriate for the treatment of their conditions. Some of the participants were however of the view that the nurses did not give them enough information about their chronic condition. The study is concluded by making a number of recommendations that among others include calling for more studies that should be conducted on the impact of chronic diseases on the family structure.

Despite widespread agreement about the importance of stress for health and well-being, scholars disagree about the types of variables that matter most. On one side, some argue that stress reactivity depends mostly on person-level variables, such as personality, while others contend that stress reactivity depends mostly on situation-level variables, for example chronicity. Researchers from a more integrative perspective assert that stress reactivity depends on an idiosyncratic interaction between person-level and stressor-level variables, for example the finding that lonely people are especially reactive to interpersonal tension. My dissertation reconciles these perspectives by leveraging crossed random effect modeling to determine the percent of stress reactivity attributable to each of these types of variables; the person, the situation, and the person-by-situation interaction. In Study 1, 368 undergraduate college students reacted to 60 unique situations in the context of normal daily life on two separate occasions. In Study 2, 955 adults from the Midlife in the U.S. study self-reported their reactivity to stressful situations encountered on each of eight days. Results from both studies suggest that these three types of variables account for the bulk, at least 70%, of stress reactivity in daily life. Moreover, all three types of variables emerged as important, as each factor contributed at least 20% of the overall variability in stress reactivity. Interestingly, both studies also found that situation-level variables mattered relatively more than the other two types of variables. I discuss these findings in relation to stress theory, stress-reduction interventions, and methodological innovations.

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The influence of demographic factors, work schedule flexibility, job satisfaction, job involvement, job seeking self-efficacy, certainty of retirement plans, familial and marital satisfaction, and attitude toward retirement on older workers' decision to fully retire, continue career employment, or participate in bridge employment was examined in this study.