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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
1954-12-31
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Background: Baby boom women (people born from 1946 to 1964) are reaching retirement age; however, they have experienced a very different life course than previous generations. Social and economic changes for baby boom women (e.g., the enormous growth of women in the workforce, single-parent families) reflect their multiple roles and identities. Baby boomers are also living longer than previous generations, which has resulted in baby boom women having more active, multi-generational caregiving roles (e.g., caring for spouse, parents, grandparents, grandchildren) (Blieszer, 2009). In order to ensure that baby boom career women have optimal work and retirement trajectories or transitions in later life, it is crucial to examine factors that contribute towards their view of retirement.
Aim: The aim of this research was to investigate...
Residents of rural and regional areas often have limited access to health care professionals. This study investigated the ability of a modification of the Arthritis Basics for Change program developed by the American Arthritis Foundation to improve psychosocial functioning in a group of individuals with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis who lived in northern Queensland. The program comprised five, home-based sessions spaced over three weeks incorporating an audio CD and two 10-minute telephone consultations. A total of 34 individuals (7 males, mean age 59 years) were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a wait list control group. Measures were administered before, after and at three-months follow up and included the Arthritis Helplessness Index, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Health Assessment Questionnair...
Residents of rural and regional areas often have limited access to health care professionals. This study investigated the ability of a modification of the Arthritis Basics for Change program developed by the American Arthritis Foundation to improve psychosocial functioning in a group of individuals with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis who lived in northern Queensland. The program comprised five, home-based sessions spaced over three weeks incorporating an audio CD and two 10-minutetelephone consultations. A total of 34 individuals (7 males, mean age 59 years) were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a waitlist control group. Measures were administered before, after and at three months follow up and included the Arthritis Helplessness Index, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Health Assessment Questionnaire,...
The present study compared certain semantic and verbal fluency processes in Chinese and Australian first language speakers. Sixty Chinese and 60 Australian undergraduates participated in semantic decision, semantic fluency, letter fluency, reading and spelling tasks administered in their first language. Results showed that semantic decision and semantic fluency correlated significantly with reading and spelling in Chinese. However, only semantic decision correlated significantly with reading in English. In particular, semantic decision significantly predicted reading and spelling in both languages. Consistent with previous studies, letter fluency seemed to be less relevant to later stages of reading acquisition. The relative contribution of the semantic and verbal fluency processes in each language is discussed in terms of the age of t...
This study investigated if enhanced verbal memory among advanced musicians is a result of music training or other factors, for example their general education. Twenty-three advanced musicians and 45 undergraduate controls were compared on various musical abilities and verbal memory. Results showed that the musicians performed significantly better than the controls in melodic organisation, temporal perception, incidental music memory, and verbal memory, even after controlling the effect of education. However, there were no significant correlations between various musical abilities and verbal memory. The findings seem to suggest that some forms of higher-order cognitive control processes may operate in both memory and music domains in a separate manner.
Aging of the population and health care costs related to ageing have become increasingly important in Australia. Currently the baby boomers demographic are the highest population within this country. The baby boomers birth years is from 1946 - 1960, therefore most of these people are getting closer to retirement age and more dependent on our health care system. Associated with ageing is a range of conditions ranging from deteriorating cognitive and/or psychosocial functions. Musical therapies and musical interventions can induce psychological and cognitive benefits and also have a potential to have a major contribution to the quality of life in the ageing population. Music contributes towards positive self-esteem, enhances feelings of competence and independence and can lessen the experience of social isolation. It is suggested that ou...
This study examined the impact of music and working memory on the reading of irregular words and pseudowords. Twenty-three advanced adult musicians and 45 undergraduate controls were tested on various musical abilities, verbal and spatial memory, and on the reading of irergular words and pseudowords. Results showed that when taking into account general education, advanced musicians performed better than the undergraduate controls on melodic organization, temporal perception and incidental music memory. They had better verbal memory, and were more accurate in reading irregular words but not pseudowords. Likewise, melodic organization and incidental incidental music memory correlated positively with the reading of two types of words but the effect attenuated once partiallng out general educaiton. Advanced musicians may be more fluent i...
The present study investigated whether better musical ability was related to better reading ability, on the basis that music is related to memory that is crucial to reading acquisition, music improves auditory temporal processing that is relevant to phonological processing, and children undergoing music training have improved reading skills.
Forty-one undergraduates participated in various language tasks. Musical intelligence of multiple intelligence, pitch discrimination, rhythmic and melodic patterns identification and music reading were also examined. Participants were divided into high- and low- ability groups based on their overall musical ability, their ability to discriminate pitch, to identify music pattern, to read music, and their musical IQ.
Results indicated that participants with formal music training were better i...
