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Peter Martin

Researcher at Iowa State University

Publications -  183
Citations -  5554

Peter Martin is an academic researcher from Iowa State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Centenarian & Personality. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 164 publications receiving 5037 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Martin include University of Georgia & Heidelberg University.

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Defining Successful Aging: A Tangible or Elusive Concept?

TL;DR: A thorough review and evaluation of the literature on successful aging was undertaken, and additional theoretical work is needed to better understand successful aging, including the way it can encompass disability and death and dying.
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Perceptions of technology among older adults.

TL;DR: Older adults were willing and eager to adopt new technology when usefulness and usability outweighed feelings of inadequacy, and these themes have important implications for future technology developed for older adults.
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A Model of Loneliness in Older Adults

TL;DR: Results indicate anxiety, frequency of telephone contact, and age, but not frequency of face-to-face contact with others or cognitive functioning, affect perceived loneliness, and that self-assessed health mediated the relationship.
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The Relationship between Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being among Oldest-Old Adults.

TL;DR: There were significant direct effects of subjective health on affect and significant indirect effects of objective health through subjective health through objective health on positive affect and negative affect in octogenarians and centenarians.