adults have been shown to have reduced reinforcement learning abilities when outcomes affect themselves23. However, when outcomes relate to other people, their learning is preserved24. This suggests that older adults could be equally susceptible to social influence as young people as they are able to...
This work was supported in part by an Establishment Grant held by Dr. Menon. Appendix 1. WHOQoL-BREF questions How would you rate your quality of life?How satisfied are you with your health? To what extent do you feel that physical pain prevents you from doing what you need to do? Phys...
About 2.2 million people over the age of 55 have outstanding student loans, according to data from the Federal Reserve Board's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finance. These older workers and unemployed people say the loans they took out years earlier could hinder their ability to retire comfortably, ac...
1 did not provide information on the age ranges of the sample; 14 focused on perceptions, usability, feasibility or improvements in the video game without providing information on benefits or impact on participants; 19 did not include older people in their sample; 20 did not provide descriptive ...
Those factors drove people to realise the capacity of women outside of family and home care. They also enabled daughters to support their natal parents, and have a negotiation of family duties with their husband and parents-in-law (Lei, 2013; Shi, 2009). China has experienced a rapidly ...
However, little work has examined whether this sex difference is similarly true for people who have never married in comparison to those who have experienced marriage. Never married older people are theoretically more likely to prefer being single (given that they have never chosen to marry), and...
In order to further explore the action mechanism of NMH for the mental health of old people, the intermediary variables of social contact, social participation, and social interaction are introduced. The results showed that surfing the Internet, volunteer activities, and gift money had significant ef...
This chapter reviews research on harassment of older adults in the workplace and highlights results from my recent study of harassment of older workers in Maine. I suggest that the power that older people hold at work, at home, and in their communities s
Subjective wealth was measured according to where on an 11-point “ladder” people see themselves compared to other people in their country: with 10 being the people who are the best off–those who have the most money, the most education and the most respected jobs, and 0 being the people...
According to data from World Population Prospects: the 2019 Revision, one in six people internationally will be over 65 years old (16%) by 2050, which is an increase from one in eleven (9%) in 2019. Aging, and the related functional decline, economic dependence, and social cut-offs, as...