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Motivational Factors and Predictors for Attending a Continuing Education Program for Older Adults
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Cachioni, Meire; Nascimento Ordonez, Tiago; Lima da Silva, Thais Bento; Tavares Batistoni, Samila Sathler; Sanches Yassuda, Mônica; Caldeira Melo, Ruth; Rodrigues da Costa Domingues, Marisa Accioly; Lopes, Andrea – Educational Gerontology, 2014
The objectives were to describe the stated motives of participants who enrolled in a program at the Open University for the Elderly (UnATI, in Portuguese), identify correlations between the stated motives and sociodemographic data, and find a set of predictors related to the listed motives. A total of 306 middle-aged and elderly adults aged 50 or…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Continuing Education, Student Motivation, Open Universities
Perceived Barriers to Employment Success: Are There Differences between European American and African American VR Consumers?
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Zanskas, Stephen A.; Lustig, Daniel C.; Ishitani, Terry T. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2011
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were differences between European and African American vocational rehabilitation consumers' perceptions of the barriers they experience towards obtaining employment. A secondary purpose was to determine whether there were differences in these perceptions based upon gender…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Measures (Individuals), Employment, Educational Background
Work Participation among Young Adults with Spina Bifida in the Netherlands
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Van Mechelen, M. C.; Verhoef, M.; Van Asbeck, F. W. A.; Post, M. W. M. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of this study was to: (1) assess work participation among young adults with spina bifida, (2) identify problems perceived in finding employment, and (3) examine which determinants are related to work participation. This cross-sectional study was a follow-up study to the Adolescents with SPina bifida In the Netherlands (ASPINE) study. Data…
Descriptors: Employment, Educational Finance, Congenital Impairments, Young Adults