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  • Productive and Social Engagement following Driving Cessation: A Couple-Based Analysis 

    Curl, Angela L.; Proulx, Christine M.; Stowe, James D.; Cooney, Teresa M.
    Drawing on interdependence theory, this study examined the cross-spouse impact of driving cessation on productive (work, formal volunteering, and informal volunteering) and social engagement of older couples age 65+ using ...
  • A program evaluation of block and concurrent practicum formats 

    Curl, Angela; Cary, Suzanne
    This study investigated the issues related to block versus concurrent formats for the advanced MSW field placement. Quantitative and qualitative survey data were collected from current MSW students (N=103) and Field ...
  • Reshaping retirement policies in post-industrial nations: The need for flexibility 

    Curl, Angela L.; Hokenstad, M. C. "Terry"
    Social Security programs in post-industrial nations are facing the need for policy reforms. Fiscal shortfalls in current Social Security programs are a major driving force promoting these reforms. At the same time, changes ...
  • Retirement transitions among married couples 

    Curl, Angela L.; Townsend, Aloen L.
    Retirement is often viewed as an event when someone completely withdraws from paid employment. The purpose of the present study was to examine the patterns of retirement transitions evidenced in married couples in the ...
  • Transitioning from Successful Aging: A Life Course Approach 

    Cooney, Teresa M.; Curl, Angela
    Objectives: The life course perspective and representative U.S. data are used to test Rowe and Kahn’s Successful Aging (SA) conceptualization. Four sets of influences (childhood experiences; social structural factors; ...