EVERYDAY PROBLEM SOLVING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT AND AGING

解决社会背景下的日常问题和老龄化

基本信息

批准号：
6532493
负责人：
Fredda H. Blanchard-Fields
金额：
$ 35.02万
依托单位：
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1998
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1998-08-15 至 2005-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6532493
关键词：
adolescence (12-20) age difference aging behavioral /social science research tag belief clinical research cognition conflict coping ego /superego /id emotions functional ability geriatric nursing human middle age (35-64) human old age (65+) human subject interpersonal relations longitudinal human study problem solving psychological aspect of aging social problems young adult human (21-34)

adolescence (12-20) age difference aging behavioral /social science research tag belief clinical research cognition conflict coping ego /superego /id emotions functional ability geriatric nursing human middle age (35-64) human old age (65+) human subject interpersonal relations longitudinal human study problem solving psychological aspect of aging social problems young adult human (21-34)

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项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (adapted from investigator's abstract): The proposed research examines everyday problem-solving in a social context in adulthood and aging. Although there is evidence to suggest that developmental differences in problems solving are amplified in emotionally laden contexts, they are conflicting views as to the nature of these differences. In order to further examine age-related differences in everyday problem-solving, context effects such as domain specificity of the problem, emotional salience, age-relevance of the problem, and various forms of problem appraisal will be examined jointly. Initial studies will generate a large and representative sampling of both problem situations and strategies within domains of social and instrumental problem-solving. This will be followed by a series of studies systematically examining the above context effects. A second goal is to examine the joint relationship between different forms of problem-solving (abstract reasoning, activities of daily living, epistemic reasoning, and social problem-solving) with respect to differential developmental patterns in adulthood. Finally, individual differences in cognitive abilities, beliefs, response styles, and ego level will be related to differences in everyday problem solving. In this way developmental changes in everyday problem-solving can be clarified by understanding individual differences in relevant variables. The immediate aim of this 5-year project is to examine everyday problem- solving in social and instrumental contexts in relation to emotional salience, problem appraisal, and individual differences. The long-term perspective yields ways of assessing successful aging in social everyday problem-solving situations as well as implications for adaptive coping in adulthood.

描述（根据研究者的摘要改编）：拟议的研究在成年后的社会环境中检查日常解决问题的问题老化。尽管有证据表明发展在情感上，解决问题的差异被放大上下文，它们对这些本质是矛盾的观点差异。为了进一步检查与年龄有关的差异日常解决问题，上下文效应，例如域特异性问题，情感显着性，问题的年龄率以及各种问题评估的形式将共同检查。最初的研究将生成两个问题情况的大型代表性抽样以及社会和工具解决问题领域的策略。随后将进行一系列研究，以系统地检查上下文效果。第二个目标是检查联合关系在不同形式的解决问题之间（抽象推理，活动日常生活，认知推理和解决社会问题）与尊重成年期的差异发展模式。最后，认知能力，信念，反应风格的个体差异，自我水平将与日常问题解决的差异有关。这样，日常解决问题的发展变化可能是通过了解相关变量的个体差异来阐明。这个5年项目的直接目的是检查日常问题 - 在社会和工具背景下解决与情感有关的显着性，问题评估和个体差异。长期观点产生评估每天社交中成功衰老的方法解决问题的情况以及对自适应应对的影响成年。