This dissertation explores the role of political and non-political voluntary involvement in the lives of older women through a questionnaire study of 75 women over 60. A path model was proposed in which working class background was hypothesized as a predictor of political identity, and political identity was hypothesized as a predictor of political involvement. Political involvement was expected to predict ego integrity in older women indirectly, through experiences of generativity and communion. Political and non-political service work were expected to predict two forms of emotional well-being, the absence of depression and the ability to savor positive emotions, indirectly, through experiences of optimism and agency. The results indica...
This study proposed and tested a life cycle-based model of the development of political consciousnes...
This study is not yet available for use. This study explores the involvement of women over a thirt...
As social roles in later life are shaped by significant life events and changes occurring in the lat...
This dissertation explores the role of political and non-political voluntary involvement in the live...
This study was designed to gain an understanding of how older women perceive their lives. In order t...
This study examines the effects of continuity in social support on voting and political interest amo...
The subject of older women in politics has rarely been investigated and very little is thus known ab...
This study has dual aims. First, it aims to explore the relationship between generativity and politi...
In this dissertation, I outline current understandings of the concept of successful aging and then e...
The contention that femininity makes women unsuited for political participation has roots in feminis...
Understanding what older people learn from their civic participation is of critical importance both ...
This qualitative study explores the commonalities in the life experiences of a small sample of women...
Journal compilation © 2008 ACOTA. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Objectives: Researchers ha...
In the U.S. today there is an increasing number of elderly in the population. There are over twenty ...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Gerontology, 2007.Civic engagement in social organizations is a...
This study proposed and tested a life cycle-based model of the development of political consciousnes...
This study is not yet available for use. This study explores the involvement of women over a thirt...
As social roles in later life are shaped by significant life events and changes occurring in the lat...
This dissertation explores the role of political and non-political voluntary involvement in the live...
This study was designed to gain an understanding of how older women perceive their lives. In order t...
This study examines the effects of continuity in social support on voting and political interest amo...
The subject of older women in politics has rarely been investigated and very little is thus known ab...
This study has dual aims. First, it aims to explore the relationship between generativity and politi...
In this dissertation, I outline current understandings of the concept of successful aging and then e...
The contention that femininity makes women unsuited for political participation has roots in feminis...
Understanding what older people learn from their civic participation is of critical importance both ...
This qualitative study explores the commonalities in the life experiences of a small sample of women...
Journal compilation © 2008 ACOTA. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Objectives: Researchers ha...
In the U.S. today there is an increasing number of elderly in the population. There are over twenty ...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Gerontology, 2007.Civic engagement in social organizations is a...
This study proposed and tested a life cycle-based model of the development of political consciousnes...
This study is not yet available for use. This study explores the involvement of women over a thirt...
As social roles in later life are shaped by significant life events and changes occurring in the lat...