EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE OLD STONE AGE

Action regulation in old age: Time samples from everyday contexts

The operation of self-efŽ cacy beliefs was investigated in a group of 81 participants between 73 and 97 years of age with intensive time samples including activities carried out at the moment a signal was received, their subjective difŽ culty, and concurrent mood in everyday life. In a two-level approach, occasion-level and person-level effects could be modelled simultaneously. Within individua...

Aesthetics of Everyday Life

Aesthetics of everyday life is one of the branches of aesthetic knowledge. Until the 20th century, classical aesthetics focused on the subject of visual arts and paid less attention to the formation of fine arts in the context of human and nature’s daily life experience. During the last few decades, a movement emerged that, by avoiding that one-sided art-oriented approach, tried to create a clo...

Neurocognitive functions and everyday functions change together in old age.

OBJECTIVE Although neurocognitive functions are known to decline normatively with adult age, there is a common belief that everyday functions (e.g., paying bills, following medication instructions, making change, looking up telephone numbers in a phone book) are unaffected by these changes. METHOD This hypothesis was examined by applying longitudinal growth models to data from a community-bas...

Wisdom and life satisfaction in old age.

According to previous research findings, objective life conditions such as physical health, socioeconomic status, financial situation, the physical environment, and social involvement cannot fully explain the well-being of older persons. Instead, personality characteristics and developmental influences appear to have a stronger impact. This study combines personality and individual development ...

Quality of Life in Old Age