PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This research integrates successful aging and developmental adaptation models to empirically define the direct and indirect effects of 2 distal (i.e., education and past life experiences) and 5 proximal influences (i.e., physical functioning, cognitive functioning, physical health impairment, social resources, and perceived economic status) on subjective well-being. The pro...

This article examines the family income and the household wealth and income of old old persons. Subgroups of the old old are compared and the old old are compared with the young old. When the old old group is separated into three subgroups--widows living alone, other females, and males--the economic status of widows living alone is substantially below that of the other two subgroups. This diffe...

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The present study was planned to find out the impact of Spirituality on Well-being among old age people. Sample of the present study comprised of one hundred old age people (age range 50 to 65). Sample was randomly selected from different areas of Aligarh. The data were collected by Spirituality Attitude Scale (Hussian et al., 2011) and Well-Being Scale (Jagsharanbir Singh and Dr. Asha Gupta, 2...

1Center for Applied Health Research, Baylor Scott & White Health | School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station. 2Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames. 3Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia, Athens. 4Georgia Centenarian Study group included Maurice MacDonald, S. Michal Jazwinski, Robert C. Green, Marla Gearing, W...