Monika Ardelt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 97932 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Monika Ardelt |
| PRENOMES | Monika |
| SOBRENOME | Ardelt |
| ASSINATURA | ARDELT M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4313-8742 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 235 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Together on the Path of Positive Aging. Wisdom and Marital Satisfaction in Polish Older Couples
This study investigated the relationship between wisdom and marital satisfaction in older Polish couples, examining benevolence and resentment/avoidance as mediators. Successful aging involves maintaining emotional well-being and strong social bonds, yet research on marital satisfaction in adults aged 60+ remains limited. The cross-sectional sample comprised 194 couples aged 60–75 years ( M women = 64.26, SD = 4.75; M men = 65.71, SD = 5.31), mar…
Young Adulthood in the Context of Economic Uncertainty and Inequality
Depression among young South Koreans has been sharply increasing. The life course perspective and cumulative disadvantage theory suggest a link between poor mental health and difficulties in the transition to work in the context of prolonged economic uncertainties. Using the Korean Welfare Panel Study (KoWePS, Waves 1–13), this research used structural equation modeling to examine the reciprocal associations between non-stable employment and depr…
Wisdom development and self-transcendence
Streib proposed that xenocentric responsiveness to the extraordinary Other will lead to wise reasoning and wise behavior because listening to and getting (rather than taking) the perspective of the Other will broaden one’s horizon and provide new, non-normative, innovative, creative, and wise responses to social issues. By contrast, I argue that wisdom development leads to self-transcendence and a consciousness of oneness, which is a merging of s…
Parents' Wisdom and Adolescents' Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Developmental Qualities
This study investigated relations of parental three-dimensional wisdom on 15-17-year-old adolescents' cognitive, social, and emotional developmental qualities. Families were recruited in 10th and 11th grades of public schools in Yazd, Iran, and a total of 140 father-mother-adolescent triads participated in the research. In multivariate regression analyses, parental wisdom was positively related to adolescents' social intelligence and emotional co…
Does Self-Transcendent Wisdom Mediate the Relation between Spirituality and Well-Being? A Test Across Six Nations
Linking Wise Organizations to Wise Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Well-Being
Objective: Research shows that wisdom benefits individuals, but is this also true for organizations? To answer this question, we first delineated the characteristics of wise and not-so-wise organizations in the areas of goals, approach, range, characteristics of leaders and employees, and perception of aging, using a framework derived from comparing wisdom with intellectual knowledge. Guided by this framework, we then tested whether wise organiza…
The Science of Wisdom in a Polarized World
Interest in wisdom in the cognitive sciences, psychology, and education has been paralleled by conceptual confusions about its nature and assessment. To clarify these issues and promote consensus in the field, wisdom researchers met in Toronto in July of 2019, resolving disputes through discussion. Guided by a survey of scientists who study wisdom-related constructs, we established a common wisdom model, observing that empirical approaches to wis…
Adversity, Conflict, Wisdom
Growth through Adversity
Early and Midlife Predictors of Wisdom and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age
Personality traits indicative of personality adjustment or growth differentially predict late-life well-being and wisdom. Yet a balance between personality adjustment and growth, aided by social support and competence during the formative years, might be required to promote wisdom development throughout life
The Relation Between Age and Three-Dimensional Wisdom
Because the association between age and wisdom appears to be curvilinear and varies by education, studies that test a linear association without separating the sample by education might arrive at the wrong conclusions. In general, education seems to promote the attainment of wisdom and also inoculate individuals against a decline in wisdom later in life
Daughters' Generation
With declining adherence to filial piety in East Asian cultures, the closeness of adult daughters rather than sons may become more important for older Asian immigrants' well-being. With a sample of 177 older Korean immigrants to the United States (age 60+, M = 72, SD = 7.7), we examined how and to what extent having daughters living nearby rather than sons (daughters-in-law) is related to older Asian immigrants' mental health, moderating the dire…
Wisdom and Hard Times
Wisdom appears to strengthen older adults' ability to cope with aging-related losses and, therefore, is a valuable psychological resource in old age
Wisdom at the End of Life
Aging well at the end of life might depend to a larger extent on psychosocial growth across the life course than on present circumstances
Childhood Adversity, Midlife Generativity, and Later Life Well-Being
Results suggest that psychosocial growth in adulthood can compensate for the long-term negative effects of an adversarial childhood on adjustment to aging, but not for later life health
Contradiction in the Contemporary Study of Faith Matters
We agree with Dr. Glicksman that faith matters cannot be studied in the same way as other universal aspects of the human existence, and that we cannot assume that certain faith measures are applicable across all faiths. Despite its limitations, empirical faith research is valuable in understanding the role of religion/spirituality for the human condition. We propose the following remedies: develop cultural sensitive faith measures with psychometr…
In Search for Meaning
According to symbolic interactionism, people's behavior depends on the meaning that phenomena and events have for them. How do individuals find meaning in a seemingly meaningless event such as being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness? Qualitative analyses of two focus group interviews with one male and ten female cancer survivors (age 39–60) and one focus group interview with six female seriously ill nursing home residents (age 66–78) show…
The natural history of male mental health
The Importance of Religious Orientation and Purpose in Life for Dying Well
As older adults approach the end of their lives, it is not uncommon to find a decrease in subjective well-being. However, a number of studies have indicated that elders with an intrinsic rather than extrinsic religious orientation often are able to keep a high level of subjective well-being even if they are close to death. In a previous quantitative study, only intrinsic religiosity was indirectly and positively related to subjective well-being i…
Wisdom as Expert Knowledge System
Paul B. Baltes and his colleagues, who are among the most prominent contemporary wisdom researchers, define wisdom as ‘expert knowledge in the domain fundamental pragmatics of life.’ By contrast, this article argues that the definition, operationalization, and measurement of wisdom should not be reduced to expertise and that the term wisdom should be reserved for wise persons rather than expert knowledge. In fact, evidence from their research con…
Where Can Wisdom Be Found
Empirical Assessment of a Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale
Although wisdom is thought to be a strong predictor for many attributes of aging well, the concept of wisdom still lacks a comprehensive, directly testable scale. Quantitative and qualitative interviews with a sample of 180 older adults (age 52-plus) were conducted to develop a three-dimensional wisdom scale (3D-WS) and to test its validity and reliability. Wisdom was operationalized and measured as a latent variable with cognitive, reflective, a…
Parents, Siblings, and Peers
In this study, the relations between parents, older siblings, peers, adolescents’individual characteristics, and adolescents’deviant attitudes and behaviors were examined simultaneously, using a social learning perspective and data of 121 families from inner-city Philadelphia. Results of structural equation models showed that older deviant siblings had the strongest effect on adolescent deviance. Deviant peers also played a significant role. The …
Effects of Mothers' Parental Efficacy Beliefs and Promotive Parenting Strategies on Inner-City Youth
This study investigates the effects of parental efficacy on promotive parenting strategies, children's self-efficacy, and children's academic success in adverse environments. Data were obtained from a 1991 survey of 376 mothers, both White and Black, and their young adolescents in inner-city Philadelphia. Analyses show that beliefs in parental efficacy predict the promotive strategies of Black mothers but not those of White mothers, a difference …
The Three Dimensional Wisdom Scale in Cross-Cultural Context
Inner-City Parents Under Economic Pressure
The historical record of industrial societies documents the widespread consequences of economic hard times for families and children, including greater risks of marital breakdown, child abuse, and neglect (Eckenrode & Gore, 1990). These hardships are commonly linked to the recessions and depressions of economic cycles, but they also stem from an expanding economic inequality between families at opposite ends of the class structure. In the United …
Families Under Economic Pressure
Within a context of increasing economic pressure in rural America, this study assesses family responses to this change and their consequences from the perspective of the household economy in middle-class families. It draws on the findings of largely separate fields of inquiry, including those on income level and loss, unemployment, and economic adjustments. Using survey and observational data on two-parent families in a midwestern rural county, t…
Effects of Mothers' Parental Efficacy Beliefs and Promotive Parenting Strategies on Inner-City Youth
This study investigates the effects of parental efficacy on promotive parenting strategies, children's self-efficacy, and children's academic success in adverse environments. Data were obtained from a 1991 survey of 376 mothers, both White and Black, and their young adolescents in inner-city Philadelphia. Analyses show that beliefs in parental efficacy predict the promotive strategies of Black mothers but not those of White mothers, a difference …
Parents, Siblings, and Peers
In this study, the relations between parents, older siblings, peers, adolescents’individual characteristics, and adolescents’deviant attitudes and behaviors were examined simultaneously, using a social learning perspective and data of 121 families from inner-city Philadelphia. Results of structural equation models showed that older deviant siblings had the strongest effect on adolescent deviance. Deviant peers also played a significant role. The …
Wisdom and Life Satisfaction in Old Age
According to previous research findings, objective life conditions such as physical health, socioeconomic status, financial situation, the physical environment, and social involvement cannot fully explain the well-being of older persons. Instead, personality characteristics and developmental influences appear to have a stronger impact. This study combines personality and individual development by introducing the ancient but neglected concept of w…
Still Stable after All These Years? Personality Stability Theory Revisited
Monika Ardelt, Still Stable after All These Years? Personality Stability Theory Revisited, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 4, Special Millenium Issue on the State of Sociological Social Psychology (Dec., 2000), pp. 392-405
Wisdom at the End of Life
Aging well at the end of life might depend to a larger extent on psychosocial growth across the life course than on present circumstances
Daughters' Generation
With declining adherence to filial piety in East Asian cultures, the closeness of adult daughters rather than sons may become more important for older Asian immigrants' well-being. With a sample of 177 older Korean immigrants to the United States (age 60+, M = 72, SD = 7.7), we examined how and to what extent having daughters living nearby rather than sons (daughters-in-law) is related to older Asian immigrants' mental health, moderating the dire…
The Relation Between Age and Three-Dimensional Wisdom
Because the association between age and wisdom appears to be curvilinear and varies by education, studies that test a linear association without separating the sample by education might arrive at the wrong conclusions. In general, education seems to promote the attainment of wisdom and also inoculate individuals against a decline in wisdom later in life
Childhood Adversity, Midlife Generativity, and Later Life Well-Being
Results suggest that psychosocial growth in adulthood can compensate for the long-term negative effects of an adversarial childhood on adjustment to aging, but not for later life health
The natural history of male mental health
Early and Midlife Predictors of Wisdom and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age
Personality traits indicative of personality adjustment or growth differentially predict late-life well-being and wisdom. Yet a balance between personality adjustment and growth, aided by social support and competence during the formative years, might be required to promote wisdom development throughout life
Interpersonal Choice and Networks in China
Personal choices and relations in China, a socialist country at early stages of industrialization and economic development, seem to be remarkably similar to those in the United States, a capitalist country at advanced stages, quite possibly because particularism governs personal relations regardless of cultural, political, or economic differences. In-group choices are at a maximum for young adults and decline after the thirties in both countries.…
Wisdom and Hard Times
Wisdom appears to strengthen older adults' ability to cope with aging-related losses and, therefore, is a valuable psychological resource in old age
Social crisis and individual growth
Interpersonal Choice and Networks in China
Personal choices and relations in China, a socialist country at early stages of industrialization and economic development, seem to be remarkably similar to those in the United States, a capitalist country at advanced stages, quite possibly because particularism governs personal relations regardless of cultural, political, or economic differences. In-group choices are at a maximum for young adults and decline after the thirties in both countries.…
Families Under Economic Pressure
Within a context of increasing economic pressure in rural America, this study assesses family responses to this change and their consequences from the perspective of the household economy in middle-class families. It draws on the findings of largely separate fields of inquiry, including those on income level and loss, unemployment, and economic adjustments. Using survey and observational data on two-parent families in a midwestern rural county, t…
Inner-City Parents Under Economic Pressure
The historical record of industrial societies documents the widespread consequences of economic hard times for families and children, including greater risks of marital breakdown, child abuse, and neglect (Eckenrode & Gore, 1990). These hardships are commonly linked to the recessions and depressions of economic cycles, but they also stem from an expanding economic inequality between families at opposite ends of the class structure. In the United …
Wisdom and Life Satisfaction in Old Age
According to previous research findings, objective life conditions such as physical health, socioeconomic status, financial situation, the physical environment, and social involvement cannot fully explain the well-being of older persons. Instead, personality characteristics and developmental influences appear to have a stronger impact. This study combines personality and individual development by introducing the ancient but neglected concept of w…
Social crisis and individual growth
Still Stable after All These Years? Personality Stability Theory Revisited
Monika Ardelt, Still Stable after All These Years? Personality Stability Theory Revisited, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 4, Special Millenium Issue on the State of Sociological Social Psychology (Dec., 2000), pp. 392-405
Effects of Mothers' Parental Efficacy Beliefs and Promotive Parenting Strategies on Inner-City Youth
This study investigates the effects of parental efficacy on promotive parenting strategies, children's self-efficacy, and children's academic success in adverse environments. Data were obtained from a 1991 survey of 376 mothers, both White and Black, and their young adolescents in inner-city Philadelphia. Analyses show that beliefs in parental efficacy predict the promotive strategies of Black mothers but not those of White mothers, a difference …
Parents, Siblings, and Peers
In this study, the relations between parents, older siblings, peers, adolescents’individual characteristics, and adolescents’deviant attitudes and behaviors were examined simultaneously, using a social learning perspective and data of 121 families from inner-city Philadelphia. Results of structural equation models showed that older deviant siblings had the strongest effect on adolescent deviance. Deviant peers also played a significant role. The …
Empirical Assessment of a Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale
Although wisdom is thought to be a strong predictor for many attributes of aging well, the concept of wisdom still lacks a comprehensive, directly testable scale. Quantitative and qualitative interviews with a sample of 180 older adults (age 52-plus) were conducted to develop a three-dimensional wisdom scale (3D-WS) and to test its validity and reliability. Wisdom was operationalized and measured as a latent variable with cognitive, reflective, a…
Wisdom as Expert Knowledge System
Paul B. Baltes and his colleagues, who are among the most prominent contemporary wisdom researchers, define wisdom as ‘expert knowledge in the domain fundamental pragmatics of life.’ By contrast, this article argues that the definition, operationalization, and measurement of wisdom should not be reduced to expertise and that the term wisdom should be reserved for wise persons rather than expert knowledge. In fact, evidence from their research con…
Where Can Wisdom Be Found
The Importance of Religious Orientation and Purpose in Life for Dying Well
As older adults approach the end of their lives, it is not uncommon to find a decrease in subjective well-being. However, a number of studies have indicated that elders with an intrinsic rather than extrinsic religious orientation often are able to keep a high level of subjective well-being even if they are close to death. In a previous quantitative study, only intrinsic religiosity was indirectly and positively related to subjective well-being i…
In Search for Meaning
According to symbolic interactionism, people's behavior depends on the meaning that phenomena and events have for them. How do individuals find meaning in a seemingly meaningless event such as being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness? Qualitative analyses of two focus group interviews with one male and ten female cancer survivors (age 39–60) and one focus group interview with six female seriously ill nursing home residents (age 66–78) show…
The natural history of male mental health
Contradiction in the Contemporary Study of Faith Matters
We agree with Dr. Glicksman that faith matters cannot be studied in the same way as other universal aspects of the human existence, and that we cannot assume that certain faith measures are applicable across all faiths. Despite its limitations, empirical faith research is valuable in understanding the role of religion/spirituality for the human condition. We propose the following remedies: develop cultural sensitive faith measures with psychometr…
Childhood Adversity, Midlife Generativity, and Later Life Well-Being
Results suggest that psychosocial growth in adulthood can compensate for the long-term negative effects of an adversarial childhood on adjustment to aging, but not for later life health
Wisdom at the End of Life
Aging well at the end of life might depend to a larger extent on psychosocial growth across the life course than on present circumstances
Wisdom and Hard Times
Wisdom appears to strengthen older adults' ability to cope with aging-related losses and, therefore, is a valuable psychological resource in old age
The Relation Between Age and Three-Dimensional Wisdom
Because the association between age and wisdom appears to be curvilinear and varies by education, studies that test a linear association without separating the sample by education might arrive at the wrong conclusions. In general, education seems to promote the attainment of wisdom and also inoculate individuals against a decline in wisdom later in life
Daughters' Generation
With declining adherence to filial piety in East Asian cultures, the closeness of adult daughters rather than sons may become more important for older Asian immigrants' well-being. With a sample of 177 older Korean immigrants to the United States (age 60+, M = 72, SD = 7.7), we examined how and to what extent having daughters living nearby rather than sons (daughters-in-law) is related to older Asian immigrants' mental health, moderating the dire…
Growth through Adversity
Early and Midlife Predictors of Wisdom and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age
Personality traits indicative of personality adjustment or growth differentially predict late-life well-being and wisdom. Yet a balance between personality adjustment and growth, aided by social support and competence during the formative years, might be required to promote wisdom development throughout life
Adversity, Conflict, Wisdom
The Science of Wisdom in a Polarized World
Interest in wisdom in the cognitive sciences, psychology, and education has been paralleled by conceptual confusions about its nature and assessment. To clarify these issues and promote consensus in the field, wisdom researchers met in Toronto in July of 2019, resolving disputes through discussion. Guided by a survey of scientists who study wisdom-related constructs, we established a common wisdom model, observing that empirical approaches to wis…
Linking Wise Organizations to Wise Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Well-Being
Objective: Research shows that wisdom benefits individuals, but is this also true for organizations? To answer this question, we first delineated the characteristics of wise and not-so-wise organizations in the areas of goals, approach, range, characteristics of leaders and employees, and perception of aging, using a framework derived from comparing wisdom with intellectual knowledge. Guided by this framework, we then tested whether wise organiza…
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