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Assessing Attitudes towards Mentally Engaging Lifestyles Among Older Adults

Assessing Attitudes towards Mentally Engaging Lifestyles Among Older Adults. Sean N. Halpin Faculty mentor; Bert Hayslip Jr., Ph.D. . Relevant factors . Remaining mentally engaged in later life can slow decline in fluid intelligence (problem solving abilities)

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Assessing Attitudes towards Mentally Engaging Lifestyles Among Older Adults

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  1. Assessing Attitudes towards Mentally Engaging Lifestyles Among Older Adults Sean N. Halpin Faculty mentor; Bert Hayslip Jr., Ph.D.

  2. Relevant factors • Remaining mentally engaged in later life can slow decline in fluid intelligence (problem solving abilities) • In some cases engaging in mentally stimulating activities has been shown to reverse the mental aging process • Understanding attitudes toward mentally engaging lifestyles among older adults may give us a means for increasing these healthy cognitive behaviors

  3. Description of Sample • N= 496, 72% female, M age= 72.26, SD = 8.01, Range= 60-92 • M education= 15.2 years • M health 2.11 on a scale of 1 (excellent) to 5 (poor)

  4. Normative Findings (1= strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree)

  5. Normative Findings (1= strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree)

  6. 20-item scale (Cronbach’s alpha= .95)

  7. 20-item scale (Cronbach’s alpha= .95)

  8. Relationships with Demographic Characteristics • Factor 1 reflects: general attitudes (higher scores indicate more positive attitudes) • Factor 2 reflects: cognitive health, physical health and higher income are important (higher scores indicate more perceived importance) • All scores indicated are Pearson correlation scores. • Bolded scores indicate statistically significant (p<.05) relationships

  9. Acknowledgements • Dr. Bert Hayslip, Jr. • University of North Texas, Psychology Department • Scholars Day staff

  10. References • Arbuckle, T. Y., Pushkar, D., Chaikelson, J. S. & Maag, U. (1998). Individual differences in trajectory of intellectual development over 45 years of adulthood. Psychology of aging, 4, (p.663-675) • Baltes, P. B., & Willis, S. L. (1982). Plasticity and enhancement of intellectual functioning in old age: Penn State’s Adult Development and Enrichment Program (ADEPT). In F. I. M. Craik & S. E. Trehub (Eds.) Aging and cognitive processes (pp.353-389). New York: Plenum Press. • Gold, D. P., Andres, D., Etezadi, J., Arbuckle, A. S. & Chaikelson, J. (1995). Structural equation model of intellectual change and continuity and predictors of intelligence in older men. Pyschology of aging, 10, (pp. 294-303) • Hultsch, D. F., Small, B. J., Hertzog, C. & Dixon, R. (1999). Use it or lose it: Engaged lifestyle as a buffer of cognitive decline in aging?. Psychology of Aging, 4, (p. 245-263)

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