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Centenarians — their memories and future ambitions
Author(s)	Sharan B Merriam, Peter Martin, Geneva Adkins, Leonard Poon
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 41, no 2, 1995
Pages	pp 117-132
Keywords	Centenarians ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Attitude ; Well being ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study aimed to replicate Costa and Kastenbaum's 1967 study of the relationship between past memories and future ambitions of centenarians, using data from the Georgia Centenarian Study. 97 centenarians and 189 eighty- and sixty-year-olds were asked the same four questions as found in the Costa and Kastenbaum study. Contrary to the 1967 results, no significant relationship was found between the ability to recall three types of past events and being able to conceive of the future in the Georgia study. Other similarities and differences between the two studies are discussed.
Accession Number	CPA-970425020 A
Classmark	BBT: DB: DP: D:F:5HH: 3F: 7T
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