Enhancing achievement motivation and performance in college students: An attributional retraining perspective

RP Perry, FJ Hechter, VH Menec… - Research in Higher …, 1993 - Springer
Academic performance in higher education ultimately involves a complex interplay of student
attributes and the educational environment. Although instruction is regarded as the major …

The relation between everyday activities and successful aging: A 6-year longitudinal study

VH Menec - The Journals of Gerontology Series B …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. Activity has long been thought to be related to successul aging. This study was
designed to examine longitudinally the relation between everyday activities and indicators of …

An examination of the relationship among academic stress, coping, motivation, and performance in college

CW Struthers, RP Perry, VH Menec - Research in higher education, 2000 - Springer
Empirical evidence suggests that a domain-specific coping style may play an important role
in the way students manage stressful academic events and perform at college. The purpose …

Mobility in older adults: a comprehensive framework

SC Webber, MM Porter, VH Menec - The gerontologist, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Mobility is fundamental to active aging and is intimately linked to health status and quality of
life. Although there is widespread acceptance regarding the importance of mobility in older …

Facilitators and barriers to becoming age-friendly: A review

V Menec, C Brown - Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This interpretive review examined the empirical evidence of the factors that facilitate or hinder
the implementation of age-friendly community and city (AFCC) initiatives. Thirteen studies …

Conceptualizing age-friendly communities

VH Menec, R Means, N Keating… - Canadian Journal on …, 2011 - cambridge.org
On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more “age-friendly”,
an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization launched its global Age-…

Remaining active in later life: The role of locus of control in seniors' leisure activity participation, health, and life satisfaction

VH Menec, JG Chipperfield - Journal of aging and health, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Although the physical and psychological benefits of feeling in control are well-documented
in the research literature, the mechanisms that account for these effects have received less …

Cohort profile: the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA)

…, T Liu-Ambrose, V Menec… - International journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) was established to understand and
address the needs of an aging population. 1–3 Overall aims are to examine aging as a dynamic …

Self-perceptions of health: A prospective analysis of mortality, control, and health

VH Menec, JG Chipperfield… - The Journals of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
A growing number of studies show that self-perceptions of health are an important predictor
of mortality. The present study was designed to extend this research by examining the …

Does continuity of care with a family physician reduce hospitalizations among older adults?

VH Menec, M Sirski, D Attawar… - Journal of Health …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine the relation between continuity of primary care and hospitalizations.
Methods: Survey data from a representative sample of older adults aged 67 or over living in …