Jyotsna M Kalavar

Biographic Data

ID181316
NAMEJyotsna M Kalavar
GIVEN NAMESJyotsna M
FAMILY NAMEKalavar
SIGNATUREKALAVAR J M
AFFILIATIONSPennsylvania State University
ORCID0000-0002-8058-1057
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS47
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX4

  • Celebrations of Ageing in Late Adulthood: The Hindu Perspective

    Open AccessJyotsna M KalavarARTICLEPsychology and Developing Societies2024

    During the last two decades, the ageing literature has emphasised the need for positive features of the ageing experience, and the need to reframe late-life perspectives. This becomes a more salient issue with demographic changes in ageing seen worldwide. Since 1965, the flow of immigrants to the United States from India has been steadily rising, including Hindus from India. Every culture consecrates periods of life or developmental milestones wi…

  • I’m Here, You’re There: In-Absentia Caregiver Stress & Transnational Support of Elderly Mothers by Adult Children

    Jyotsna M Kalavar, Steven H Zarit et al.ARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2020Cited by: 1References: 40

    Providing support between generations in a transnational family context is understudied in the aging literature. Specifically, this study investigated the stress experiences and stressors experienced by adult children in the United States when providing transnational support to their elderly mothers in India. Information gathered from two focus groups was supplemented by an online survey of 131 adult children. Participants expressed sentiments of…

  • Gerotranscendence and Life Satisfaction: Examining Age Differences at the Maha Kumbha Mela

    Jyotsna M Kalavar, Christine N Buzinde et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion, Spirituality…2015

    This study applies scholarship on gerotranscendence and life satisfaction to an under-investigated context, mass pilgrimage sites. It focuses on the Maha Kumbha Mela 2013 Hindu pilgrimage, which took place in Allahabad, India. Drawing on a sample of 200 participants, this study examines the relationship between age, gerotranscendence, and life satisfaction. Using cross-sectional data, the findings show a positive correlation between age and gerot…

  • Intergenerational Differences in Perceptions of Heritage Tourism Among the Maasai of Tanzania

    Open AccessJyotsna M Kalavar, Christine N Buzinde et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2014Cited by: 2References: 13

  • Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences

    Open AccessChristine N Buzinde, Jyotsna M Kalavar et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2014Cited by: 14References: 22

  • Tourism and community well-being: The case of the Maasai in Tanzania

    Open AccessChristine N Buzinde, Jyotsna M Kalavar et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2014Cited by: 11References: 24

  • Aging of Indian Women in India: The Experience of Older Women in Formal Care Homes

    Jyotsna M Kalavar, D JamunaARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2011

    The feminization of aging is a process that has begun in India but is not occurring uniformly throughout India. Older women are more likely to be widowed, poor, and suffer vulnerability to adverse outcomes like poor health. With the changing social landscape of India, middle-income older women are increasingly opting for 'pay and stay homes', an emerging type of old age home in India. Majority of the 97 women residents of 'pay and stay' homes rep…

  • Interpersonal relationships of elderly in selected old age homes in urban India

    Open AccessJyotsna M Kalavar, Duvvuru JamunaARTICLEInterpersona An International…2008References: 6

    Never before have there been so many old people in India. According the 2001 Census of India data, the projected figure for 2031 is 179 million seniors. Dual-career families, changing values, and nuclear family dynamics have altered the social landscape of India. An emerging phenomenon in urban India is the emergence of “pay and stay†homes as a late life living arrangement for middle and higher-income groups. This study focused on selected †̃pay …

  • Interpersonal relationships of elderly in selected old age homes in urban India

    Open AccessJyotsna M Kalavar, Duvvuru JamunaARTICLEInterpersona An International…2008Cited by: 7References: 5

    People with intellectual disability possess poor relationship skills and lack attachment relationships. Research has shown that this low relationship building ability is evident right from birth in the interactions with the mother. The present study addresses these two arguments through case study method. 11 children with intellectual disability from a special school at Mangalore, South India were the participants. With the purpose of develo…

  • Developing Excellence in Indigenously-Informed Research: Collaboration between African Communities and the Academy

    Open AccessLadislaus M Semali, Robert M Ackerman et al.ARTICLEAlterNative An International…2007Cited by: 1References: 3

    This article outlines a community-based participatory research strategy called Community Driven Development (CDD). This approach strives for excellence in bridging the gap between academic departments and rural communities by shifting the culture of the academy toward greater community engagement. Taking rural Tanzania as a case study, researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Tumaini University, as well as residents of Leguruki and Chek…

  • Older Asian Indians Resettled in America: Narratives about Households, Culture and Generation

    Open AccessJyotsna M Kalavar, John Van WilligenARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2005Cited by: 11References: 17