Boaz Kahana
Biographic Data
| ID | 211781 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boaz Kahana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Kahana |
| SIGNATURE | KAHANA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cleveland State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Depressive Symptoms in Later Life in China: Situating “Long Arm” of Child Physical Maltreatment Within a Family Context
Objective: This article intends to reveal the long-term effects of physical maltreatment in childhood on depressive symptoms in later life in China. Methods: Data were drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). 8676 respondents aged 45 and older were included in the study. In this study, we use ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models to estimate the long-term impact on children of physical punishment from their…
Depressive symptoms among elderly men and women who transition to widowhood: Comparisons with long term married and long term widowed over a 10-year period
This study explores gender differences in mental health sequelae of transition to widowhood among old-old retirement community dwellers. Data are based on a prospective panel survey of 748 older adults (mean age = 78) with follow-ups over a 10-year period. Mixed-effects models suggest that elderly widows and widowers experienced sharp increases of depressive symptoms subsequent to spousal loss. Men showed stable increases of depressive symptoms a…
Driving Cessation in Old Age: Gender Influences on Mortality
Objective: This study examined health and social support as mediators of the association between driving cessation and 10-year mortality among older men and older women. Method: Data were drawn from a prospective panel survey of 1000 community-dwelling older adults with follow-ups over a 10-year period. Extended Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to estimate the relative risk of driving cessation on mortality. Results: Mortality …
Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-being
Our findings underscore the powerful influence of both receiving and giving loving emotions for the maintenance of later-life psychological well-being
Racial differences in future care planning in late life
Objectives: Although many older adults fear frailty and loss of independence in late life, relatively few make plans for their future care. Such planning is particularly limited among racial minorities. Given the benefits of future care planning (FCP), it is important to understand factors that facilitate or hamper FCP in late life. Our study explored racial, demographic, and dispositional influences on thinking about and engagement in FCP among …
Defining Successful Aging: A Tangible or Elusive Concept?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Everyone wants to age successfully; however, the definition and criteria of successful aging remain vague for laypersons, researchers, and policymakers in spite of decades of research on the topic. This paper highlights work of scholars who made significant theoretical contributions to the topic. DESIGN AND METHODS: A thorough review and evaluation of the literature on successful aging was undertaken. RESULTS: Our review inc…
Childhood Autism and Proactive Family Coping: Intergenerational Perspectives
This article considers the value of intergenerational and specifically, grandparental support, in the management of adaptive tasks posed by raising a young child with autism. The tasks addressed range from accessing early intervention to enhancing family social functioning. We note unique social, financial, and health-related stressors faced by families of children with autism. We outline an innovative, stress theory-based framework, the Autism P…
Baby Boomers' Expectations of Health and Medicine
In the early 2010s, the first cadre of baby boomers, born after World War II, turned 65, making them officially senior citizens, and many more are joining their ranks every day. It is generally acknowledged that the entry of the baby boomers into the ranks of elderly consumers of health care is likely to create major challenges. As large numbers of baby boomers cross into old age, there will be greater demands for chronic health care and for meet…
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
Residential Relocation of Amenity Migrants to Florida: “Unpacking” Post-amenity Moves
Findings of this study not only support Litwak and Longino's migration typology but also elaborate and extend it. Only some older adults (20.4%) make counterstream assistance moves. Additional move types reflect new options for late-life migration to enhance person- environment fit
Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Mortality in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Elderly People
OBJECTIVE: To use a joint modeling approach to examine the association between longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and mortality. Research on the relationship of depression to mortality has yielded mixed results. Limitations of previous studies include mostly one-time assessment of depression, short follow-ups, and failure to model appropriately changes in depression. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Florida Retirement Study, a prospe…
When Do Older Adults Become 'Disabled'? Social and Health Antecedents of Perceived Disability in a Panel Study of the Oldest Old
Disability carries negative social meaning, and little is known about when (or if), in the process of health decline, persons identify themselves as 'disabled.' We examine the social and health criteria that older adults use to subjectively rate their own disability status. Using a panel study of older adults (ages 72+), we estimate ordered probit and growth curve models of perceived disability over time. Total prevalent morbidity, functional lim…
Person, Environment, and Person-Environment Fit as Influences on Residential Satisfaction of Elders
This article extends previous conceptualizations of person-environment fit from institutional to community settings, focusing on neighborhoods. The authors consider applicability of the congruence construct for understanding the impact of neighborhoods, including dwelling units, on older persons' residential satisfaction. They argue that characteristics of person, environment, and person-environment fit are important for determining residential s…
Long-Term Impact of Preventive Proactivity on Quality of Life of the Old-Old
OBJECTIVE: This research explored the long-term benefits of engaging in proactive health promotion efforts among old-old residents of Sunbelt retirement communities to empirically test components of the Preventive and Corrective Proactivity (PCP) Model of Successful Aging. Specifically, we examined the contributions of exercise, tobacco use, moderate alcohol use, and annual medical checkups to multidimensional quality of life indicators of physic…
Predictors of Attitudes toward Three Target Groups of Elderly Persons: The Well, the Physically Ill, and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
This research compared attitudes of 143 nursing home employees toward three hypothetical target groups of older adults: well elderly persons, physically ill elderly persons, and elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease. Staff provided successively less positive evaluations of physically ill elderly persons and elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease compared to well elderly persons. Age, education, and contact with grandparents differentially pr…
Long-lasting hormonal alterations to extreme stress in humans: Normative or maladaptive
The biological consequences of stress have been studied for over half a decade, however, little is known about persistent biological alterations after extreme stress in humans. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a syndrome that occurs in some individuals after exposure to extreme stress. In this review, we summarize some of our studies of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis alterations in PTSD and compare and contrast these findings with kno…
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Motivators, resources and barriers in voluntary international migration of the elderly: The case of Israel-bound aged
The Effects of the Holocaust: Psychiatric, Behavioral, and Survivor Perspectives
In this paper the authors review perspectives related to Holocaust victims, limitations of Holocaust studies are discussed, and suggestions for viewing the long-range post-traumatic effects of the Holocaust upon its victims from social and behavioral science perspectives are advanced. The views of survivors toward post-war adjustment, drawn from interviews with Holocaust victims, are also presented
The Mind and Mood of Aging: Mental Health Problems of the Community Elderly in New York and London
In-depth reports of an international study devoted to the comparative needs and care of community elderly in two English-speaking countries
Clinical Issues of Middle Age and Later Life
Mental health problems of middle and late life are the focus of this article. Among topics discussed are adjustment reactions to mid-life, late-life transitions, and stressful life events. Emerging mental health problems during this period are considered as a function of increased stress that is not mediated by social supports or effective strategies in coping. Sex differences in adjustive tasks during mid-life and the later years are presented. …
Attitudes of Young Men and Women toward Awareness of Death
It has often been argued that American society denies death (Feifel, 1963; Gorer, 1965) as a strategy of dealing with a universal fear of death. The present investigation attempted to determine to what extent young men and women employ this technique in confronting the problems of imminent and distant death, and what attitudinal variables differentiate those confronting and those denying the potential existence of death. Parsons' (1963) notion th…
Grandparenthood from the perspective of the developing grandchild
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
Grandparenthood from the perspective of the developing grandchild
When Do Older Adults Become 'Disabled'? Social and Health Antecedents of Perceived Disability in a Panel Study of the Oldest Old
Disability carries negative social meaning, and little is known about when (or if), in the process of health decline, persons identify themselves as 'disabled.' We examine the social and health criteria that older adults use to subjectively rate their own disability status. Using a panel study of older adults (ages 72+), we estimate ordered probit and growth curve models of perceived disability over time. Total prevalent morbidity, functional lim…
Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-being
Our findings underscore the powerful influence of both receiving and giving loving emotions for the maintenance of later-life psychological well-being
Residential Relocation of Amenity Migrants to Florida: “Unpacking” Post-amenity Moves
Findings of this study not only support Litwak and Longino's migration typology but also elaborate and extend it. Only some older adults (20.4%) make counterstream assistance moves. Additional move types reflect new options for late-life migration to enhance person- environment fit
Clinical Issues of Middle Age and Later Life
Mental health problems of middle and late life are the focus of this article. Among topics discussed are adjustment reactions to mid-life, late-life transitions, and stressful life events. Emerging mental health problems during this period are considered as a function of increased stress that is not mediated by social supports or effective strategies in coping. Sex differences in adjustive tasks during mid-life and the later years are presented. …
Racial differences in future care planning in late life
Objectives: Although many older adults fear frailty and loss of independence in late life, relatively few make plans for their future care. Such planning is particularly limited among racial minorities. Given the benefits of future care planning (FCP), it is important to understand factors that facilitate or hamper FCP in late life. Our study explored racial, demographic, and dispositional influences on thinking about and engagement in FCP among …
Childhood Autism and Proactive Family Coping: Intergenerational Perspectives
This article considers the value of intergenerational and specifically, grandparental support, in the management of adaptive tasks posed by raising a young child with autism. The tasks addressed range from accessing early intervention to enhancing family social functioning. We note unique social, financial, and health-related stressors faced by families of children with autism. We outline an innovative, stress theory-based framework, the Autism P…
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Grandparenthood from the perspective of the developing grandchild
Attitudes of Young Men and Women toward Awareness of Death
It has often been argued that American society denies death (Feifel, 1963; Gorer, 1965) as a strategy of dealing with a universal fear of death. The present investigation attempted to determine to what extent young men and women employ this technique in confronting the problems of imminent and distant death, and what attitudinal variables differentiate those confronting and those denying the potential existence of death. Parsons' (1963) notion th…
Clinical Issues of Middle Age and Later Life
Mental health problems of middle and late life are the focus of this article. Among topics discussed are adjustment reactions to mid-life, late-life transitions, and stressful life events. Emerging mental health problems during this period are considered as a function of increased stress that is not mediated by social supports or effective strategies in coping. Sex differences in adjustive tasks during mid-life and the later years are presented. …
The Effects of the Holocaust: Psychiatric, Behavioral, and Survivor Perspectives
In this paper the authors review perspectives related to Holocaust victims, limitations of Holocaust studies are discussed, and suggestions for viewing the long-range post-traumatic effects of the Holocaust upon its victims from social and behavioral science perspectives are advanced. The views of survivors toward post-war adjustment, drawn from interviews with Holocaust victims, are also presented
The Mind and Mood of Aging: Mental Health Problems of the Community Elderly in New York and London
In-depth reports of an international study devoted to the comparative needs and care of community elderly in two English-speaking countries
Motivators, resources and barriers in voluntary international migration of the elderly: The case of Israel-bound aged
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Long-lasting hormonal alterations to extreme stress in humans: Normative or maladaptive
The biological consequences of stress have been studied for over half a decade, however, little is known about persistent biological alterations after extreme stress in humans. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a syndrome that occurs in some individuals after exposure to extreme stress. In this review, we summarize some of our studies of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis alterations in PTSD and compare and contrast these findings with kno…
Predictors of Attitudes toward Three Target Groups of Elderly Persons: The Well, the Physically Ill, and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
This research compared attitudes of 143 nursing home employees toward three hypothetical target groups of older adults: well elderly persons, physically ill elderly persons, and elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease. Staff provided successively less positive evaluations of physically ill elderly persons and elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease compared to well elderly persons. Age, education, and contact with grandparents differentially pr…
Long-Term Impact of Preventive Proactivity on Quality of Life of the Old-Old
OBJECTIVE: This research explored the long-term benefits of engaging in proactive health promotion efforts among old-old residents of Sunbelt retirement communities to empirically test components of the Preventive and Corrective Proactivity (PCP) Model of Successful Aging. Specifically, we examined the contributions of exercise, tobacco use, moderate alcohol use, and annual medical checkups to multidimensional quality of life indicators of physic…
Person, Environment, and Person-Environment Fit as Influences on Residential Satisfaction of Elders
This article extends previous conceptualizations of person-environment fit from institutional to community settings, focusing on neighborhoods. The authors consider applicability of the congruence construct for understanding the impact of neighborhoods, including dwelling units, on older persons' residential satisfaction. They argue that characteristics of person, environment, and person-environment fit are important for determining residential s…
When Do Older Adults Become 'Disabled'? Social and Health Antecedents of Perceived Disability in a Panel Study of the Oldest Old
Disability carries negative social meaning, and little is known about when (or if), in the process of health decline, persons identify themselves as 'disabled.' We examine the social and health criteria that older adults use to subjectively rate their own disability status. Using a panel study of older adults (ages 72+), we estimate ordered probit and growth curve models of perceived disability over time. Total prevalent morbidity, functional lim…
Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Mortality in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Elderly People
OBJECTIVE: To use a joint modeling approach to examine the association between longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and mortality. Research on the relationship of depression to mortality has yielded mixed results. Limitations of previous studies include mostly one-time assessment of depression, short follow-ups, and failure to model appropriately changes in depression. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Florida Retirement Study, a prospe…
Residential Relocation of Amenity Migrants to Florida: “Unpacking” Post-amenity Moves
Findings of this study not only support Litwak and Longino's migration typology but also elaborate and extend it. Only some older adults (20.4%) make counterstream assistance moves. Additional move types reflect new options for late-life migration to enhance person- environment fit
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
Baby Boomers' Expectations of Health and Medicine
In the early 2010s, the first cadre of baby boomers, born after World War II, turned 65, making them officially senior citizens, and many more are joining their ranks every day. It is generally acknowledged that the entry of the baby boomers into the ranks of elderly consumers of health care is likely to create major challenges. As large numbers of baby boomers cross into old age, there will be greater demands for chronic health care and for meet…
Defining Successful Aging: A Tangible or Elusive Concept?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Everyone wants to age successfully; however, the definition and criteria of successful aging remain vague for laypersons, researchers, and policymakers in spite of decades of research on the topic. This paper highlights work of scholars who made significant theoretical contributions to the topic. DESIGN AND METHODS: A thorough review and evaluation of the literature on successful aging was undertaken. RESULTS: Our review inc…
Childhood Autism and Proactive Family Coping: Intergenerational Perspectives
This article considers the value of intergenerational and specifically, grandparental support, in the management of adaptive tasks posed by raising a young child with autism. The tasks addressed range from accessing early intervention to enhancing family social functioning. We note unique social, financial, and health-related stressors faced by families of children with autism. We outline an innovative, stress theory-based framework, the Autism P…
Racial differences in future care planning in late life
Objectives: Although many older adults fear frailty and loss of independence in late life, relatively few make plans for their future care. Such planning is particularly limited among racial minorities. Given the benefits of future care planning (FCP), it is important to understand factors that facilitate or hamper FCP in late life. Our study explored racial, demographic, and dispositional influences on thinking about and engagement in FCP among …
Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-being
Our findings underscore the powerful influence of both receiving and giving loving emotions for the maintenance of later-life psychological well-being
Depressive symptoms among elderly men and women who transition to widowhood: Comparisons with long term married and long term widowed over a 10-year period
This study explores gender differences in mental health sequelae of transition to widowhood among old-old retirement community dwellers. Data are based on a prospective panel survey of 748 older adults (mean age = 78) with follow-ups over a 10-year period. Mixed-effects models suggest that elderly widows and widowers experienced sharp increases of depressive symptoms subsequent to spousal loss. Men showed stable increases of depressive symptoms a…
Driving Cessation in Old Age: Gender Influences on Mortality
Objective: This study examined health and social support as mediators of the association between driving cessation and 10-year mortality among older men and older women. Method: Data were drawn from a prospective panel survey of 1000 community-dwelling older adults with follow-ups over a 10-year period. Extended Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to estimate the relative risk of driving cessation on mortality. Results: Mortality …
Depressive Symptoms in Later Life in China: Situating “Long Arm” of Child Physical Maltreatment Within a Family Context
Objective: This article intends to reveal the long-term effects of physical maltreatment in childhood on depressive symptoms in later life in China. Methods: Data were drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). 8676 respondents aged 45 and older were included in the study. In this study, we use ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models to estimate the long-term impact on children of physical punishment from their…
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)