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| The continuing effects of substantively complex work on the intellectual functioning of older workers | | Author(s) | Carmi Schooler, Mesfin Samuel Mulatu, Gary Oates |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 3, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 483-506 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Mental speed ; Employment of older people ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In order to better understand the nature of intellectual functioning in older people, this study examined how substantively complex work affects the intellectual functioning of individuals during the later parts of their careers. Using data from a 30-year longitudinal study started by Kohn and Schooler in the early 1960s, this study extended the findings based on 1964 and 1974 data that substantively complex work improves intellectual functioning. In addition, the study showed that the intellectual flexibility measure used earlier was highly correlated with more standard measures of intellectual functioning. Most importantly, it found that, although substantively complex work significantly increased the level of general functioning of both the younger and older subjects, the effect was significantly greater among the older workers. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000114237 A |
| Classmark | DA: DG: GC: 3J: 7T |
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