Effects of Religion and Purpose in Life on Elders.
I joined the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) research group at KTH in 2012 as a PhD candidate. My research consisted of steam turbine thermal modeling for improved transient performance. This was a project performed within the frame of the Turbo Power Swedish Research Consortium in cooperation with Siemens. Specifically, the main objective of my PhD thesis was to analyze the potential techno.
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Manchester Metropolitan University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Healthcare Science The Manchester Metropolitan University 2013 For My Grandmother Lucyna Kamienska (1939-2012).
CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): ABSTRACT. As older adults approach the end of their lives, it is not uncommon to find a decrease in subjective well-being. However, a num-ber of studies have indicated that elders with an intrinsic rather than extrinsic religious orientation often are able to keep a high level of sub-jective well-being even if they.
Development of wisdom and learning is seen as life-long, complex phenomenon. The approach is strongly philosophical-humanistic and history-based, but takes into account also empirical studies. See below for the most relevant publications. So far, research has focused on cognitive component of wisdom (aka postformal thinking), history of education (philosopher J. Comenius and his idea of life.
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Susan Elizabeth Eichenberger received her Ph.D. in Sociology from The University of Florida with areas of specialization in race and ethnic relations, Latino Sociology, gender, and the sociology of religion. Her dissertation was an ethnographic exploration of the relative inclusion of Puerto Rican Catholics in a southeastern Catholic diocese. Currently, Dr. Eichenberger is the coordinator for.
Ardelt, Monika. 1994. “Wisdom in the Later Years: A Life Course Approach to Successful Aging.” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Google Scholar.