Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous FunctionJournal of Aging Research - Tập 2012 - Trang 1-7 - 2012
Shailaja Moodithaya, Sandhya T Avadhany
Ageing is associated with changes in cardiac autonomic control as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Not many studies have explored the influence of gender on age-related changes in cardiac autonomic regulation. This study evaluated the gender differences in age-associated changes in cardiac autonomic nervous activity by assessing HRV using frequency domain analysis of short-term st...... hiện toàn bộ
Rumination and Age: Some Things Get BetterJournal of Aging Research - Tập 2012 - Trang 1-10 - 2012
Stefan Sütterlin, Muirne C. S. Paap, Stana Babic, Andrea Kübler, Claus Vögele
Rumination has been defined as a mode of responding to distress that involves passively focusing one's attention on symptoms of distress without taking action. This dysfunctional response style intensifies depressed mood, impairs interpersonal problem solving, and leads to more pessimistic future perspectives and less social support. As most of these results were obtained from younger peop...... hiện toàn bộ
Differential Item Functioning Related to Age in the Reading Subtest of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in AdultsJournal of Aging Research - Tập 2013 - Trang 1-6 - 2013
Raymond L. Ownby, Drenna Waldrop‐Valverde
Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when items in a measure perform in ways that are different for members of a target group when the different performance is not related to the individual’s overall ability to be assessed. DIF may arise for a number of reasons but is often evaluated in order to ensure that tests and measures are fair evaluations of a group’s abilities. Based on obse...... hiện toàn bộ