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Showing 1 to 20 of 8790 for “"Adults"”.
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Wellness and Mental Health Among Older Adults and Veteran Older Adults
… (CDC, 2024b), making further research on older adults' and veteran older adults' mental health an imperative. Comparatively, the counseling profession has had limited access to older adults and veteran older adults, and these populations are rarely a focus among counseling and wellness research …
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Gender labels for adults
This study examined a sampling of U.S. midwestern patterns of usage of certain labels to denote men and women. The labels studied were: "woman," "girl," "gal, " "man, " "boy, " and “guy." Also investigated were differences in response patterns according to the sex and the age of the subject. The …
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Fitness, body composition, and depressive symptoms in healthy and depressed adults and older adults
… with aging affecting approximately 24% of older adults. Suffering from depressive symptoms or diagnosed depression is related to other pathologies and health problems. Thus, it is crucial to find strategies to mitigate and protect against this problem in adults and older adults. On the other …
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Social Prescribing for Autistic Adults
Background Autistic adults are affected by health and social disparities that impact life expectancy and quality of life, frequently resulting in escalating wellbeing concerns requiring costly acute care. Evidence suggests barriers to healthcare and a lack of post-diagnostic support may contribute …
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Bereaved Adults' Art Therapy Group
<p>Grief and loss are inevitable experiences in life. Often, bereavement support can be helpful following the death of a loved one to help facilitate the grieving process. This paper first examines the prevalence of grief and the emotional experience of bereavement. The need for grief support and …
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Older adults’ experiences of psychotherapy
There is a plethora of literature on older adults and psychological counselling. The literature reveals many assumptions and opinions of healthcare professionals and academics regarding older adults’ decision to enter into counselling or not and advice on how counselling should be conducted with …
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Exercise Motivations of Older Adults
This study examined and compared activity levels and motives in 103 older (over 50 years of age) competitive athletes (CA) and non-competitive fitness exercisers (NCF). The findings indicate that the CA group was significantly higher in the motives of enjoyment, competition, and social recognition. …
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Knee Problems in Young Adults
… of obesity and physical inactivity in younger adults. Therefore, it is important to investigate whether they are risk factors for knee disorders among young adults. This thesis explored the epidemiology of knee problems in young adults. A literature review, using systematic methods, identified …
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Reducing distractibility in healthy older adults
… changes in individual sensory systems, older adults also experience changes in how information from multiple sensory modalities is combined. In particular, older adults exhibit increased multisensory integration, showing larger gains than younger adults when information in one sensory modality …
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Transitioning Eating Practices of Older Adults
… transitional eating practices observed in older adults.</p> <p><strong>Implications for Research</strong>:<strong> </strong>The results of this study may help in the design of future individualized interventions to promote healthy eating habits observed in older adulthood. However, it is …
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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT IN HISPANIC ADULTS
… and symptom burden in Hispanic/Latino adults compared to non-Hispanic/Latino adults with AF who obtain rhythm and rate control treatment.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional correlational design was used. Data was extracted from the electronic health record of 750 …
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Predicting Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
<p>The investigator sought to determine which neuropsychological tests are more likely to predict an individual’s cognitive decline (i.e., normal to mild cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease) two years prior to conversion. A sample of non-decliners (N=109) compared …
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Sedentary lifestyle and obesity in adults
<p>Excessive time spent on sedentary behavior (SB) can increase the risks of obesity, regardless of engagement in physical activity (PA). Subjective and objective measures are both available to assess SB but little is known about the relative utility of these measures for epidemiological research. …
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Older adults’ experience of psychological therapy
… and understanding of what is known about older adults’ subjective experiences of the processes involved when receiving Psychological Therapy. A qualitative methodology was chosen to allow the older adult participants to express their thoughts and feelings using unstructured interviews. The …
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Mindfulness and Cognition in Older Adults
… attention state training program for older adults. Thirty-two healthy older adult participants were randomized to MBSR or waiting list, and 38 older adults were randomized to a cognitive training program (Mind Aerobics) or waiting list control. Dependent variables included measures of …
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Subjective well-being in older adults
… of subjective psychological well-being in older adults and draws conclusions about how the concept of well-being is defined and measured. A systematic search of four databases identified eight measures developed to capture the notion of psychological well-being; the Positive And Negative Affect …
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The habilitation of mentally retarded adults
The history of the care of the mentally retarded in Western civilization is outlined including the care of the mentally retarded in South Africa. Difficulties in the definition and assessment of mental retardation are indicated and problems in present day institutional care are considered: specific …
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