OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Educational Gerontology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Improving the digital skills of older adults in a COVID-19 pandemic environment	35
Creating supportive environments and enhancing personal perception to bridge the digital divide among older adults	29
Not good days for technophobes: older internet users during the COVID-19 pandemic	25
The effect of loneliness and perceived social support among older adults on their life satisfaction and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Older adults’ technology anxiety as a barrier to digital inclusion: a scoping review	17
Active aging, psychological well-being and quality of life of elderly and pre-elderly Malaysians during movement control periods	13
Lifelong learning activities for older adults: a scoping review	12
Older service users’ experiences of learning to use eHealth applications in sparsely populated healthcare settings in Northern Sweden and Finland	12
College students’ perceptions of “old people” compared to “grandparents”	11
Bringing older consumers onboard to online banking: a generational cohort comparison	11
Understanding the use of digital finance among older internet users in urban China: Evidence from an online convenience sample	11
Sharing Indigenous Knowledge through intergenerational digital storytelling: Design of a workshop engaging Elders and youth	10
An analysis of socioemotional selectivity theory in the context of older adults’ use of Facebook	10
The retirement experiences of women academics: a qualitative, descriptive study	10
An interdisciplinary approach to enhancing health knowledge and cultural awareness with LGBT older adults	9
A meta-analytic review of the effects of intergenerational programs for youth and older adults	9
Put your hands in mine: a metaphor analysis of family support in death anxiety and interment stress among Filipino older adults	8
Health promotion in early-stage dementia – user experiences from an educative intervention	7
People with dementia positioning themselves as learners	7
How do older adults process icons during a navigation task? Effects of aging, semantic distance, and text label	7
Acceptance of gamified virtual reality environments by older adults	7
Generation to generation: effects of intergenerational interactions on attitudes	7
Ageing versus active aging: how old age is represented in children’s books	6
Documented barriers to health care access among Latinx older adults: A scoping review	6
Information Communication Technology Use to Improve eHealth Literacy, Technophobia, and Social Connection among Community Dwelling Older Adults	5

Promoting age-friendly organizational culture through lifelong learning programs in higher education: experience and insights from faculty	5
Older trans individuals’ experiences of health and social care and the views of healthcare and social care practitioners: ‘they hadn’t a clue’	5
Is age an issue? Psychosocial differences in perceived older workers’ work (un)adaptability, effectiveness, and workplace age discrimination	5
The participatory turn in Swedish ageing research: Productive interactions as learning and societal impact	5
Acute medical and surgical nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards ageing and older persons	5
Barriers and supportive factors for older adults learning about and using information and communication technologies for healthy aging in Costa Rica	5
Teaching methods for senior learning courses in Taiwan: the importance of motivation, interaction, and integration	5
Correlation between socio-demographic factors and adoption and use of wearable activity trackers in online American older adults	4
Implementing intergenerational learning in a preschool: a case study from Taiwan	4
Supporting successful communities of practice for older adults: a qualitative secondary analysis	4
Understanding getting and growing older from songs of yesteryears: a latent content analysis	4
The Effect of a Health Belief Model-based Educational Intervention on the Determinants of Intention to Influenza Prevention Behaviors among the Older Adults	4
Process and outcomes of telephone reassurance program training for older adult volunteers	4
VRCHIVE: experiences conducting an online workshop teaching intergenerational participants to create virtual reality films about their lives during the COVID pandemic	4
Older adults are healthier than many people expect: reducing anti-old attitudes	4
Older adults and digital inclusion	4
Learning and daily life integration: a qualitative analysis of the behaviors, characteristics, and logic of mobile learning among older adults	4
Psychotherapy in old age: older adults’ sexual distress concerning their sexual well-being	4
Does mastering of abstract words decline with age?	4
Exploring the motivation of the older Chinese people learning English in China: A case study in a senior college in Guangdong	4
Korean baby boomer retirees’ bridge employment experiences in community service jobs	4
Loneliness patterns and sleep problems after the initial outbreak of COVID-19: Findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)	4
Examining intergenerational family members’ creative activities during COVID-19 lockdown via manifest content analysis of YouTube and TikTok videos	3
Aging through their eyes: college students’ attitudes toward older adults before and after nursing home observations	3
Depleted by dependence or imprisoned by independence? Cases of China’s aging in place	3
A health promotion program for older adults (KABAN!): effects on health literacy, quality of life, and emotions	3
Comparative effectiveness of intergenerational service-learning programs on student outcomes of knowledge, attitude, and ageism	3
The portrayal of older persons in grade 3 primary school children’s textbooks in Zimbabwe	3
Beyond the tip of the iceberg: a qualitative sentiment analysis of YouTube viewers’ emotional valence toward older adults auditioning in worldwide Got Talent®	3
Older adult volunteers in intergenerational programs in educational settings across the globe	3
Examination of behavioral intention toward E-learning: a case of University of the Third Age students	3
Intergenerational relationships: do older adults experience ambivalence with their adult children?	3
Medical clowning’s contribution to the well-being of older adults in a residential home	3
Anxiety and enjoyment of older learners of English in Chinese Universities of the third age	3
Effect of loneliness and sociodemographic, health, COVID-19 pandemic-related factors on depression among older adults	3
The effect of information and communications technology use on the well-being of older Hong Kong Chinese adults	3
Urgent call for health education to promote eHealth literacy in aging populations: a brief note	3
Class management in Taiwan’s Active Aging Learning Centers: demonstration of the relationship, interaction, and harmony in ethnic Chinese societies	2
Effects of an age suit simulation on nursing students’ perspectives on providing care to older persons - an education intervention study	2
Group fitness instruction for older adults: toward a substantive, grounded theory of age capital	2
“Aging is beautiful and graceful:” exploring college students’ perceptions of aging, older adults, and future older selves	2
Willingness to work with elderly people scale (WEPS) for medical and nursing students: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation	2
Retention in intergenerational exercise classes for older adults: a mixed-method research study	2
Benefits of chair-based home exercises for physical fitness, activities of daily living, and balance status in older adults with balance disorder	2
Outpatient health service utilization and associated factors among Iranian older adults: based on Andersen’s behavioral model	2
Everyday learning in later life through engagement in physical activity	2
Perceptions of aging and wellness engagement among life plan community residents	2
Healthy aging in Brazil: odyssey or strategy?	2
Using art and creative practice to provide education about ageism and age stereotypes	2
ICT volunteering as a protective factor for older adults: investigating motives of internet use, internet self-efficacy and perceived obsolescence	2

A tool for developing guidelines for institutional policy: a 60 indicator inventory for assessing the age-friendliness of a university	2
Suicide intervention among aging network providers	2
The relationship between social inclusion and life satisfaction among Turkish older people	2
Barriers and facilitators of older adults’ usage of mobility devices: a scoping review	2
Co-designing alternative frames of ageing and experiences of challenging ageism in Australia	2
The willingness of elderly care program students to care for older adults and the associated factors: a multi-centered research	2
Evaluation of a virtual 4-week digital literacy program for older adults during COVID-19: a pilot study	2
Evaluation of the music therapy program interventions on agitated behavior for people with dementia in Taiwan institutional care	2
Intergenerational contact, aging anxiety and behavioral intentions toward older adults	2
Role exit or transition? Continuity and change for retired faculty at a liberal arts Midwestern University	2
Cross-sectional assessment of medical students willingness to care toward older people in Taiwan	2
Positive aging: feasibility and acceptability of an eHealth ACT module for middle-aged and older adults	2
The development, validation, and application of a retirement preparation readiness scale in Taiwan	2
Examining critical reflection skills in an undergraduate gerontology course	2
The effect of expressive writing intervention and neutral task writing intervention on positive affect and meaning in life among late middle-aged and older adults	2
Successful ageing: contributions of non-formal (adult) education in a group of older people in northern Portugal	2
Eliminating Ageism in Higher Education: An Intergenerational Participatory Co-design Project	2
Related factors to aging-career interest: ageism and self-efficacy in the context of a life-span development course	2
Can a course on aging with a service-learning component change students’ attitudes toward aging?	2
Examination of university students’ attitudes towards older people: the case of social work education	2
Psychometric evaluation of the healthy aging instrument in older adults	2
Competing at age 55 and over. Reasons why older athletes participate in sport	2
Active aging of older adults in rural area after participating in senior self-directed learning groups	2
Perception of the life esthetics among older adults	2
Predictive power of retirement resources in retirement adjustment and quality of life among male retirees: a cross-sectional study in central Iran	2
Factors affecting the risk of self neglect and loneliness level of the older adults: a case study from Turkey	2
Supporting resident engagement via web-based assessment system: experience of activity professionals from long-term care settings	2