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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Middle age"”.
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A multi-method investigation into physical activity in middle-age through a lifecourse perspective
… practice, where anecdotal themes were noted from middle-aged clients (45-65 years old). Sedentary, exercise-averse individuals reported poor experiences of physical education in secondary school, whereas active clients gave a different narrative. These themes suggested differing life course …
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The Relationships among race/ethnicity, physical activity, education and cognitive function in late middle age
… roles of education and physical activity in late middle aged adults. The purpose of the study is to explain racial/ethnic disparities in cognitive function scores. METHODS: The Health and Retirement Study collected data on men and women aged 51-61 in the United States from 1992-2002 (n = 9204) of …
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Great Men, Heroic Deeds: The Influences of the Nine Heros During the Late Middle Age
… medieval literature in conjunction with the image of chivalry and the institution of knighthood, this study looks at how these men were used as symbolic tools to support and preserve the medieval heroic ideal.</p> <p>-Thesis excerpt-</p>
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Byron and 'the Barbarous . . . Middle Age of Man': Youth, Aging, and Midlife in Don Juan
… had always been Byron's turning point, the age at which youth would have to end and he would have to become an old man. Upon finally reaching that age, Byron found himself in a place much like Dante's <em>selva oscura</em>--dark, confusing, fearful, but with no other way left to go. There …
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Relationships among Retrospective Perceptions of Parents and Current Perceptions of Partner to Psychological Distress of Middle-Age Adults
… to their current psychological distress as middle-age adults. The operational definition of parenting styles for this research study is based on Baumrind's theory of childhood parenting styles, and the construct of parent-child reciprocity is derived from Youniss' theory of late adolescents' …
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Physiological and perceptual responses during treadmill walking at a self-selected intensity in young and middle age women
… Ten young (18-25 y) women (YW) and eleven middle-aged (40-55 y) women(MW) participated in the study. Participants walked on a treadmill at a self-selected intensity until they expended 200 kcal. Expired gases and HR were continuously collected using open circuit spirometry and telemetry …
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Memories of things real and imagined : narratives of youth and middle age in Anthony Powell's A dance to the music of time
… of an emerging genre--the Bildunqsroman of middle age--in order to unfold the story of Nicholas Jenkins, his narrator/protagonist, and especially to develop Jenkins as a character who moves through distinct cycles of change that are analyzed in detail. In addition, looking at Powell's work …
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Gender Differences of the Older Adult in Relationship to Ego Integrity and the Need for Control.
… to ego integrity resolution of Erikson's stage theory and the need for control in the older adult ranging from 55-90 years of age. Erikson's ego integrity versus despair was measured with a subscale found in Measures of Psychological Development by Hawley (1988). The need for control was …
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Correlates of Depression in Young Adult Caregivers
… members would be similar to depression levels of middle age adult caregivers. This study also examined the relationship between depression, gender, employment, physical health, and relationships. Participants included 172 young adult caregivers that were employees of one of three mid-west …
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Random Acts
<p>Random Acts explores the various stages of a woman’s life, from adolescence through middle age, and the people who support her along the way, all of whom ultimately prepare her to face some of life’s most painful challenges with love, humor, and strength.</p>
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The midlife crisis, gender, and social science in the United States, 1970–2000
… little-studied tradition of writing about middle age that rejected the gendered "double standard of aging." Constructions of middle age and life-planning were not always oppressive, but often used for feminist purposes. The idea of midlife crisis became popular in the United States with …
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Community social status effects on migration outcomes
… community where the migrant lives during middle age, does this show upward, downward or lateral status movement? Second, do migrants tend to move from less desirable communities to communities with higher socioeconomic standards of living? Third, what is the relationship between education …
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Relations between Personality and Stressful Life Events
… dispositions may be related to SLEs among middle age and older adults remains unresolved. In this prospective study, both self- and informant-report data were collected to examine the relationship between personality or PD traits and SLEs, and how these personality dispositions may moderate …
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Muscle strength and physical education: epidemiological studies of factors in adolescence and their association with later morbidity
… PE performance in adolescence and morbidity in middle age (paper I and II). In cohorts of adolescent men, I investigated isometric muscle strength as a risk factor for later musculoskeletal pain (paper III), CVD, and mortality (paper IV). In women, low PE performance was associated with having a …
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Effect of Age on the Structure of Meissner Corpuscles in Forepad Digital Pads of Mice
… and electron microscopy to determine structural age-changes. After 1.5 months of age, no intraepidermal nerve fibers were seen extending from corpuscles. From young (1.5-6 months) to middle age (9-15 months), corpuscles became larger and more complex, gaining more horizontally arranged terminals, …
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'Localised creativity: a life span perspective'
… life span development patterns from birth to middle age (45 - 60 years of age) with data gained by biographic interview and thematic analysis. Participants selected for this study are creative in that they have a reputation for producing new, novel and useful or appropriate contributions in …
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A Questionnaire for Assessment of Physical Activity in Thailand
… analysis based on the responses from 887 middle age (26--50 years old, mean +/- S.D. = 37.8 +/- 7.2) included from a random sample of 5,000 individuals living in Bangkok, Thailand. The final TPAQ was evaluated psychometrically for validity (r = .30) using 7-day Computer Science Application …
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Lifespan Changes, Sex Differences, and Hormone Effects in the Primary Visual Cortex of the Rat and the Associated Area of the Corpus Callosum, the Splenium
… the splenium. Examination of neuron number in aged animals (19-22 months) found that Oc1 was significantly impacted during aging, with both males and females losing neurons (18-20%) between day 90 and old age, maintaining the sex differences in neuron number. However, examination of the …
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"And Gladly Wolde He Teche": Chaucer's Use of Source Materials in the "Clerk's Tale."
… However, the tale was immensely popular to Middle Age audiences and was one of the best loved of the Canterbury Tales. Therefore, to dismiss this tale’s literary values outright, as some critics have done, is a mistake. By examining the history of the Griselda story, Chaucer’s use of his …
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