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H D Schneider

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PubMed1979

[The importance of age-homogenous member's in secondary groups--the example of choirs (author's transl)].

The investigation studies the influence of the age composition of secondary groups on their member's satisfaction by interviewing a representative sample of the members of Swiss Protestant choirs. The satisfaction with fellow members increases the lower the mean age of the choir is. Independently the older the respondents the more they want young members in their organization. Furthermore, there are indications for an optimal distance of age between the members. In total the influence of the age composition on the operationalizations of satisfaction is, low however. The hypothesis is deduced from the optimal distance of age that tendencies for age-homogeneous social relations will be more frequent in societies with large differences in behavior between their cohorts.

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PubMed1977

[Evaluating programs for preparation to old age: some theoretical thoughts and a practical example (author's transl)].

In the first part methodically satisfactory experimental designs for evaluating programs for preparation to old age on the basis of Cambell & Stanely (1963) are sketched including conditions which hinder the realization of the ideal notions. In the second part an experiment for comparing two preparatory courses to old age using different methods of instruction is described. It was observed that the more demanding teaching method resulted in more anxiety for old age. This led to the conclusion, that programs for preparation to old age should be planned as a sequence of several units in which the mastering of the new ideas may be learned and in which this learning process may be supervised.

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[Residents and personnel as sources and targets of violence in homes for the aged].

Aspects of prosocial and of violent behaviour among residents, among staff, and between residents and staff of homes for the aged in German-speaking Switzerland and possible determinants were ascertained by mailed questionnaires (N = 205; rate of return: 20%). Prosocial behaviour is dominating but violence in many forms occurs too. Violence correlates with low age of the employees, with a low motivation for continued education, with a low satisfaction with the work situation in many forms, with low life satisfaction, with life problems, with high numbers of inhabitants of the political community, with the size of the home, and with unfavorable conditions of the staff. Correlations between the behaviour of home residents and staff leads to the proposition that violence in one group furthers violence in another group and hinders prosocial behaviour. The report is closed by considerations concerning methodological restrictions and practical consequences.

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[Widowhood from the perspective of the theory of learned helplessness].

Applying Seligman's theory of learned helplessness to the situation of the widowed means that the spouse's death and the resulting events may be seen as incidents which are not under the influence of the living partner. Therefore widowed persons will show the helplessness which Seligman described and the motivational, cognitive, and affective consequences--at least when these persons could hardly control their living conditions before. A secondary analysis (survey on 65 to 85 year-olds) which could not use all relevant variables delivers results in agreement with the hypotheses.

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[Resources in old age].

General results of the psychological research on aging lead to the hypothesis that demands during the life cycle are accomplished the better, the more general and the more specific resources the individual disposes of. The analysis of four surveys on elder people shows that health, income, social integration, knowledge about aging, plans for retirement, good ecological conditions, life satisfaction, and a low age seem to be general resources. In addition there are some specific resources. The relevance and the necessary differentiation of the resource-perspective in gerontology are discussed.

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