The emerging field of behavioral gerontology

Carstensen, Laura L.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(88)80002-9

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“…These data suggest that anxiety disorders among the elderly pose a significant public health problem, with prevalence rates more than twice those of affective disorders in general, and four to eight times greater than major depression. Nevertheless, research addressing the nature of anxiety in the elderly lags signi® cantly behind empirical investigation of depression in this population (Carstensen, 1988;Hersen & Van Hasselt, 1992). Research has only recently begun to examine the clinical picture of anxiety in older adults (e.g.…”

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Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

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Snyder

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Aging & Mental Health

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Improving the quality of life is an important goal in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The current study described subjective quality of life, or life satisfaction, in a sample of older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Patients with GAD were compared to other anxious and nonpsychiatric samples on measures of life satisfaction. Older adults with GAD reported lower quality of life than did nonpsychiatric samples; levels of life satisfaction were comparable between older adults with GAD and younger adults with social phobia. Predictors of quality of life for the GAD sample were examined. Severity of depression predicted decreased life satisfaction as measured by both the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) and the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI-Z). Severity of anxiety predicted poorer quality of life as measured by the QOLI, and optimism predicted better life satisfaction as measured by the LSI-Z. The ® ndings suggest that quality of life is diminished in older adults with GAD, and that additional factors also affect quality of life for these patients.

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Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

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Snyder

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Aging & Mental Health

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“…471-651). Behavioral gerontology is exploring ways to improve the health and well-being of elders (e.g., Burgio & Burgio, 1986;Carstensen, 1988;Skinner & Vaughn, 1983), for instance, by engaging them in nursing home activities (e.g., Altus, Englemann, & Mathews, 2002;Englemann, Altus, & Mathews, 1999). And, behavioral safety works to improve personal and workplace safety (see www.behavior.org, the 1988 special section on behavior analysis and safety in JABA, pp.…”

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B. F. Skinner’s utopian vision: Behind and beyond Walden Two

Altus

Morris

2009

BEHAV ANALYST

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This paper addresses B. F. Skinner's utopian vision for enhancing social justice and human wellbeing in his 1948 novel, Walden Two. In the first part, we situate the book in its historical, intellectual, and social context of the utopian genre, address critiques of the book's premises and practices, and discuss the fate of intentional communities patterned on the book. The central point here is that Skinner's utopian vision was not any of Walden Two's practices, except one: the use of empirical methods to search for and discover practices that worked. In the second part, we describe practices in Skinner's book that advance social justice and human well-being under the themes of health, wealth, and wisdom, and then show how the subsequent literature in applied behavior analysis supports Skinner's prescience. Applied behavior analysis is a measure of the success of Skinner's utopian vision: to experiment.

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“…Behavioral pharmacology researches methods for preventing and treating addictions (Higgins & Silverman, 1999). Behavioral gerontology is exploring ways to improve the health and well-being of older persons (Burgio & Burgio, 1986;Carstensen, 1988;Skinner & Vaughan, 1983). And, field of behavioral safety works to improve personal and workplace safety (see www.behavior.…”

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B. F. Skinner's utopian vision: behind and beyondwalden two

Altus

Morris

2004

Contemporary Justice Review

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the historical, intellectual, and social context that situates the book in the utopian genre, the critiques of its premises and practices, and the fate of intentional communities patterned on the book. In the second part, we review practices in Skinner's book that advance social justice and human well-being under the themes of health, wealth, and wisdom, and then focus on contemporary practices that are the legacy of his vision. His vision was neither the a priori truth of a particular premise about human behavior or a necessary practice (blueprint) for an intentional community but rather the use of empirical methods to discover premises and practices that work to advance the health, wealth, and wisdom of individuals and survival of the culture. . We would like to thank Lyman Sargent, Nathaniel Smith, and James Todd for their advice and assistance with the manuscript.

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The emerging field of behavioral gerontology

Cited by 60 publications

References 84 publications

Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

B. F. Skinner’s utopian vision: Behind and beyond Walden Two

B. F. Skinner's utopian vision: behind and beyondwalden two

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