A structural modeling approach to the measurement and meaning of cognitive age
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This article examines the measurement properties of cognitive age and its relationship both to demographic antecedent variables and to nondemographic consequential variables through the use of a structural modeling framework. Cognitive age is shown to possess unidimensionality and to demonstrate acceptable reliability. Cognitively younger "older" womne manifested higher self-confidence and greater fashion interest, were more work oriented, and had greater participation in entertainment and culturally related activities. Contrary to the hypothesis, cognitively younger women were not more socially involved than their cognitively older counterparts. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 1992
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Structural adjustment, safety nets, and destitution
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Three books analyzing economics and factors affecting it are evaluated. Amitava Mukherjee's 'Structural Adjustment Programme and Food Security, Hunger and Poverty in India' discusses macroeconomic patterns and stresses. On the other hand, 'An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution,' by Partha Dasgupta focuses on the microeconomics of farms and families without mentioning the macroeconomic context. Meanwhile, Carol Graham in 'Safety Nets, Politics, and the Poor: Transitions to Market Economies' examines political-economic aspects emphasizing group rivalries.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1998
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A monumental legacy
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John and Joyce Weirs innovative and hugely popular self-differentiation laboratories, with John's percept orientation as the theoretical framework and their combined percept language as its self-empowering reporting accompaniment, attracted more than 8,000 participants between 1964 and 2000. A discussion on the Weirs monumental legacy of five unique and unheralded contributions to the field of Western human development is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 2006
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