dc.contributor.advisor | Medvene, Louis J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pontinen, Heidi M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-06T14:58:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-06T14:58:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04-29 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pontinen, Heidi M. 2016. Transitioning to independent living: Hopes, dreams, and possible selves. --In Proceedings: 12th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p. 88 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/12235 | |
dc.description | Presented to the 12th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Heskett Center, Wichita State University, April 29, 2016. | |
dc.description | Research completed at Department of Psychology, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | |
dc.description.abstract | This study will examine the hopes, fears, goals, and possible selves of older adults as they transition into a continuous care retirement community as independent living residents. There has been little research regarding the effect of a life transition on a person’s self-concept, hopes, and fears, and so it is the focus of this exploratory project. Twenty residents will participate in a one-hour personal interview about their possible selves, interests, activities, attitudes toward aging, health, perception of time, and reasons for moving. Analyses will address the number of hoped-for and feared possible selves as well as the domains of the possible selves (health, social relationships, life events, etc.). Of interest will be whether having an “expanded” or a “limited” sense of time left will be related to having achievement, maintenance, or prevention goals. Preliminary results will be presented. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Graduate School, Academic Affairs, University Libraries, Regional Institute on Aging | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Wichita State University | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | GRASP | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | v. 12 | |
dc.title | Transitioning to independent living: Hopes, dreams, and possible selves | |
dc.type | Abstract | |
dc.rights.holder | Wichita State University | |