GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL TESTING - DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Authors
MARTIN P JOHNSON MA POON LW CLAYTON GM OLSEN SF
Citation
P. Martin et al., GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL TESTING - DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, Educational gerontology, 20(2), 1994, pp. 171-176
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Educational gerontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03601277
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
171 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-1277(1994)20:2<171:GOIT-D>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
One hundred eighty-four older adults were tested either in group sessi ons or individually on a number of psychosocial and health-related mea sures. Although participants in the two testing conditions did not dif fer on most psychosocial variables, testing conditions did make a diff erence for personality, perceived health, mental health scores, and th e recall of life events. It seems important that investigators give te sting conditions more consideration when studying older populations.