Assignment 1: Article Analysis
SOWK 505 - FALL 2013
Assignment # 1 - Article Critique
Richard Kirkwood & Stephanie Smith
September 13, 2013
Professor Dodson, LCSW
Hooyman, N. R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2008). Personality and mental health in old age. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (8th ed., pp. 223-258). Retrieved from https://usc.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll?SessionID=U214440684U&Action=10
&Type=10&Value=69061
Assignment # 1 - Article Critique Main Points
The process of aging affects every person 's lifespan and is a process that no person can escape. Aging is associated with maturation, age related declines, and then eventual death. The main theme that emerges …show more content…
R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2008). Personality and mental health in old age. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (8th ed., pp. 223-258). Retrieved from https://usc.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll?SessionID=U214440684U&Action=10&
Type=10&Value=69061
Lemon, B. W., Bengtson, V. L., & Peterson, J. A. (1972). An exploration of the activity theory of aging: Activity types and life satisfaction among in-movers to a retirement community. Journal of Gerontology, 27, no 4, 511-523. http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1093/geronj/27.4.511
Ozer, E. M., & Bandura, A. (1990). Mechanisms governing empowerment effects: A self-efficacy analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, no 3, 472-486. Retrieved from http://nomeansnoworldwide.org/document/Mastery.Ozer.pdf
Tabbarah, M., Crimmins, E. M., & Seeman, T. E. (2002). The relationship between cognitive and physical performance: MacArthur studies of successful aging. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 57A, no 4, M228-M235. Retrieved from http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org.libproxy.usc.edu/content/57/4/M228.full.pdf
Wadensten, B. (2005, January 24, 2005). Introducing older people to the theory of gerotranscendence. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52, no 4, 381-388. Retrieved from
Assignment # 1 - Article Critique
Richard Kirkwood & Stephanie Smith
September 13, 2013
Professor Dodson, LCSW
Hooyman, N. R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2008). Personality and mental health in old age. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (8th ed., pp. 223-258). Retrieved from https://usc.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll?SessionID=U214440684U&Action=10
&Type=10&Value=69061
Assignment # 1 - Article Critique Main Points
The process of aging affects every person 's lifespan and is a process that no person can escape. Aging is associated with maturation, age related declines, and then eventual death. The main theme that emerges …show more content…
R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2008). Personality and mental health in old age. In Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective (8th ed., pp. 223-258). Retrieved from https://usc.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll?SessionID=U214440684U&Action=10&
Type=10&Value=69061
Lemon, B. W., Bengtson, V. L., & Peterson, J. A. (1972). An exploration of the activity theory of aging: Activity types and life satisfaction among in-movers to a retirement community. Journal of Gerontology, 27, no 4, 511-523. http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1093/geronj/27.4.511
Ozer, E. M., & Bandura, A. (1990). Mechanisms governing empowerment effects: A self-efficacy analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, no 3, 472-486. Retrieved from http://nomeansnoworldwide.org/document/Mastery.Ozer.pdf
Tabbarah, M., Crimmins, E. M., & Seeman, T. E. (2002). The relationship between cognitive and physical performance: MacArthur studies of successful aging. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 57A, no 4, M228-M235. Retrieved from http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org.libproxy.usc.edu/content/57/4/M228.full.pdf
Wadensten, B. (2005, January 24, 2005). Introducing older people to the theory of gerotranscendence. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52, no 4, 381-388. Retrieved from