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| Everyday problem-solving in community dwelling cognitively intact centenarians | | Author(s) | Philip A Holtsberg, Leonard W Poon, Carol A Noble |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 4, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 83-98 |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Octogenarians ; Young elderly ; Cognitive processes ; Reasoning ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Everyday Problem Solving (EPS) abilities for 247 community dwelling well-functioning individuals from the Georgia Centenarian Study - 88 in their 60s, 92 in their 80s, and 67 centenarians - were compared. The concomitant influences of gender, education and race were examined. Mean EPS scores for the three age groups of 25.3, 24.1 and 22.7 respectively, differed significantly. Pair-wise comparisons revealed that the scores of the two oldest age groups differed from the youngest group's, but not from each other. Further, a predicted age group by education interaction was found, and revealed that significant age group differences were limited to highly educated participants. Education was positively related to EPS performances. No race differences in EPS performances were found. Findings are discussed in terms of replicating and extending extant EPS literature into the oldest-old, and in terms of N W Denney's 1984 model of cognitive development across the life-span. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031120202 A |
| Classmark | BBT: BBM: BBA: DA: DC: 48: 7T |
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