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Awareness of Aging Processes Reference library
Anne Josephine Dutt, Hans-Werner Wahl, and Manfred Diehl
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...in specific behavioral domains , such as the physical, cognitive, or interpersonal domain. This multidimensional approach was suggested by the empirical work of Steverink and colleagues ( 2001 ) and further advocated by Diehl and Wahl ( 2010 ) . As already indicated, Diehl and Wahl ( 2010 ) proposed that adults’ awareness of age-related changes could be fruitfully studied in five behavioral domains (i.e., health and physical functioning, cognitive functioning, interpersonal relations, social-cognitive and social-emotional functioning, and lifestyle...
Personality Disorders in Later Life Reference library
S. P. J. van Alphen and S. M. J. Heijnen-Kohl
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...in effect between medication only (antidepressives) as opposed to a combination of medication (antidepressives) and DBT in older depressed adults in improving personality functioning, but the combination therapy did emerge as superior in the treatment of interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal aggression. The brief group schema-focused therapy of Videler et al. ( 2014 ) showed a medium effect on the reduction of symptoms, comparable to younger adults ( van Vreeswijk, Spinhoven, Eurelings-Bontekoe, & Broersen, 2014 ), and points out the feasibility...
New Directions in Theories of Emotion and Aging Reference library
Joseph A. Mikels and Nathaniel A. Young
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...differences in interpersonal strategies appear to benefit emotional well-being. Older adults with small and close social networks report lower interpersonal strain ( Lang & Carstensen, 2002 ), and older adults’ use of avoidant strategies is associated with lower interpersonal tension and greater relationship satisfaction ( Birditt & Fingerman, 2005 ; Birditt, Fingerman, & Almeida, 2005 ; Lefkowitz & Fingerman, 2003 ). In general, advanced age is associated with better marriages, greater perceived social support, and less interpersonal conflict relative...
Measurement Burst Designs in Lifespan Developmental Research Reference library
Gawon Cho, Giancarlo Pasquini, and Stacey B. Scott
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...surveys each day Social context and location Assessment mode Electronic pager and paper survey Participants 83 adults at baseline (age range: 72–97 years, mean age = 80.62) Physical discomfort EMA Intraindividual Study of Affect, Health, and Interpersonal Behavior (iSAHIB) Number of bursts 3 Social interactions Emotional state Ram et al. ( 2014 ); Maher, Pincus, Ram, & Conroy ( 2015 ) Interval between bursts 4.5 months Mental health Burst length 21 days Physical activity Assessment schedule within...
A Sociocultural–Constructionist Epistemology for the Psychology of Aging Reference library
Roger L. Peterson and Katherine A. Lambos
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...one has chosen. There is no truth ‘from nowhere’” ( Bruner, 2007 , video). The supposed truths in this article come from a heritage of interpersonal theory and mentoring from Cliff Swensen ( 1973 ), Robert Carson ( 1969 , 2009 ), and Donald Peterson ( 1968 ), and, from more of a distance, the social constructionist work of Kenneth Gergen ( 2015 ), and, of course, from Bruner. This is a strongly interpersonal perspective, one that emphasizes early adult experiences. To state the obvious, people have important experiences both earlier and later in...
Social Relationships Across Adulthood and Old Age Reference library
Cornelia Wrzus and Jenny Wagner
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...R. F. , & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation . Psychological Bulletin , 117 , 497–529. Belsky, J. , & Rovine, M. (1990). Patterns of marital change across the transition to parenthood: Pregnancy to three years postpartum . Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52 , 5–19. Birditt, K. S. , Fingerman, K. L. , & Almeida, D. M. (2005). Age differences in exposure and reactions to interpersonal tensions: A daily diary study . Psychology and Aging, 20 , 330–340. Bossé...
Social Gerontology Theories: Past, Present, and Future Reference library
Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Marissa Rurka, Yifei Hou, and Gulcin Con
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...and well-being of individuals to the actions and functions of formal organizations involved in aging. In keeping with the emphasis of this volume, this article focuses on theories of social gerontology that address questions concerning developmental and social psychology, interpersonal processes, and well-being across the life course. The article is divided into five sections, beginning with a section on lifespan and life course perspectives, which focuses on lifespan developmental psychology, the life course perspective, and theories of inequality. Next, the...
Anxiety Disorders in Late Life Reference library
Jonathan S. Gooblar and Sherry A. Beaudreau
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...protected from anxiety symptoms ( Wilkes, Wilson, Woodard, & Calamari, 2013 ). Although little has been proposed by way of mechanisms through which these risk factors operate, demographic factors tend to span the interpersonal, medical, and psychological stressors that can convey general risk to mental health in the aging process. Interpersonal Factors. Several findings implicate the role of social functioning in the development of anxiety disorders. There is evidence that feelings of loneliness and social isolation increase with age and predict clinically...
Schema Therapy With Older Adults Reference library
A. C. Videler
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
... by Jeffrey Young ( 1990 ) . The schema therapy model was developed for those challenging patients who responded poorly to standard CBT. Most of these patients were suffering from personality disorders and showed patterns of complex, rigid, and chronic psychological and interpersonal problems, which could be traced back to childhood. To address the specific needs of these patients, Young integrated ideas and techniques from other theoretical orientations, including object relations theory, but especially from attachment theory and gestalt therapy ( Edwards...
Aging Couples: Benefits and Costs of Long Intimate Relations Reference library
Victoria I. Michalowski, Denis Gerstorf, and Christiane A. Hoppmann
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...2014 ). Furthermore, partners who characteristically share in each other’s soft affect (e.g., sad–depressed, upbeat–content) are also more likely to score higher in perspective taking, while crossover of hard affect (e.g., angry–calm) is more likely for those who have greater interpersonal insecurity ( Schoebi, 2008 ). The connection between health outcomes and marriage may at least in part come from the affective processes within a couple and being attuned to one’s partner’s emotions ( Slatcher & Schoebi, 2017 ). Dyadic Gain–Loss Dynamics. In addition to such...
Interprofessional Training and Practice: Need for More Engagement, Training, and Research From Geropsychology Reference library
Nancy A. Pachana and Gwen Yeo
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...respect Diverse and flexible team membership Evolving interpersonal processes Interdependence Communication Problem-solving communication Frequent, timely, and accurate communication Effective and frequent communication Evaluation of team processes As per Borrill et al. ( 2000 ) and Gittell ( 2002 , 2006 ) , team processes are core and include a range of skills required to effectively function as a team, including communication, accountability, collaboration, interpersonal understanding, team leadership, and organizational...
Dyadic Designs in Lifespan Developmental Methodology Reference library
Jeremy B. Yorgason, Melanie S. Hill, and Mallory Millett
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...of Family Psychology , 26 , 140. Ledermann, T. , & Kenny, D. A. (2017). Analyzing dyadic data with multilevel modeling versus structural equation modeling: A tale of two methods . Journal of Family Psychology , 31 , 442–452. Levinger, G. , & Breedlove, J. (1966). Interpersonal attraction and agreement: A study of marriage partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 3 , 367–372. McArdle, J. J. (2009). Latent variable modeling of differences and changes with longitudinal data . Annual Review of Psychology , 60 , 577–605. Meredith...
Mixed Methods Research in Adult Development and Aging Reference library
Joseph E. Gaugler, Colleen M. Peterson, Lauren L. Mitchell, Jessica Finlay, and Eric Jutkowitz
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...late-life depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(2), 155–163. The identified common reasons for seeking psychotherapy were depression and related interpersonal relationships, health conditions, grief/loss, finances, housing, and cognitive dysfunction. Participants had few expectations of therapy but wanted to have general support and to focus on problem solving and interpersonal relationships. 22 older adults with depression Anywhere between week 12 (last week of treatment) and 9-month follow-up Quantizing the percentage of reasons for seeking...
Resilience in Later Life Reference library
Nancy A. Pachana, Nicola W. Burton, Deirdre McLaughlin, and Colin A. Depp
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...( Carpentieri, Elliott, Brett, & Deary, 2017 ). Baltes and Smith ( 2003 ) underscored the unique challenges facing the oldest old with respect to both health and mental health policy and interventions. Multiple comorbidities combined with increasingly limited personal and interpersonal resources leave the oldest-old population (those aged 85 years and older) vulnerable and perhaps less able to proactively respond to the challenges of aging. Such demographic shifts in population aging toward increasing proportions of persons in this oldest-old category...
Biodiversity Metrics in Lifespan Developmental Methodology Reference library
Lizbeth Benson and Nilam Ram
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...types (e.g., romantic partner, family member, friend, roommate, work colleague, salesperson) and operationalized using a variant of Shannon’s entropy ( Equation 2 ; Ram, Conroy, Pincus, Hyde, & Molloy, 2012 ; Vogel, Ram, Conroy, Pincus, & Gerstorf, 2017 ). Similarly, interpersonal behavior diversity is defined as the dispersion of social interactions across behavior types (e.g., dominant, submissive, agreeable, quarrelsome; Moskowitz & Zuroff, 2004 ). Placed in a lifespan developmental framework, the convoy model ( Antonucci & Akiyama, 1987 ) and so...
A Review and Reappraisal of the Default Network in Normal Aging and Dementia Reference library
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Matthew D. Grilli, and Muireann Irish
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...and shifting motivational priorities, in which older adults place higher value on extracting meaning from experience and interpersonal communication—reflective processes that may support psychological growth and resilience in old age (e.g., Levine et al., 2002 ; Ryff & Keyes, 1995 ; Scheibe & Carstensen, 2010 ). Mentalizing and Socioemotional Functioning. Older adults’ shifts in motivational priorities across age toward interpersonal and reflective processes may manifest as stable or improved socioemotional well-being, consistent with numerous studies...
Dynamic Integration Theory Reference library
Manfred Diehl, Eden Griffin, and Allyson Brothers
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...to complex and conscious processing. That is, individuals’ affective schemas develop from initially sensorimotor, automatic, and reactive structures to increasingly more representational, intentional, and abstract structures that take into account the temporal, spatial, and interpersonal circumstances of the emotion experience. Specifically, Piaget ( 1981 ) postulated that successful cognitive and emotional development consists of achieving a balance between the two processing modes of assimilation and accommodation that govern the transitions from lower...
Experience Sampling in Lifespan Developmental Methodology Reference library
Michaela Riediger and Antje Rauers
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
... 2013 ), skin conductance ( Doberenz, Roth, Wollburg, Maslowski, & Kim, 2011 ), or hormone concentrations ( Harden et al., 2016 ). Other possibilities include the ambulatory assessment of everyday physical activities ( Ebner-Priemer, Koudela, Mutz, & Kanning, 2013 ), interpersonal behaviors ( Schmid Mast, Gatica-Perez, Frauendorfer, Nguyen, & Choudhury, 2015 ), or performance-completing cognitive tasks in everyday contexts ( Riediger et al., 2014 ). Experience sampling can also be combined with the recording of ambient environmental parameters such as...
Cultural Variance and Invariance of Age Differences in Social Cognition Reference library
Li Chu, Yang Fang, Vivian Hiu-Ling Tsang, and Helene H. Fung
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...of control in America and Japan. American Psychologist , 39 , 955–969. Westerhof, G. J. , & Barrett, A. E. (2005). Age identity and subjective well-being: A comparison of the United States and Germany. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 60 , 129–136. Westerhof, G. J. , Barrett, A. E. , & Steverink, N. (2003). Forever young? A comparison of age identities in the United States and Germany. Research on Aging , 25 , 366–383. Westerhof, G. J. , Miche, M. , Brothers, A. F. , Barrett, A. E. , Diehl,...
