The object of this study is to assess the reciprocal effects of occupational conditions and psychological functioning (in particular, values, self-conceptions, social orientation, and intellectual flexibility). Structured interviews were conducted in 1964 with a sample of 3101 men, representative of all men employed in civilian occupations throughout the United States. The study was extended into a longitudinal study in 1974, with the reinterviewing of a randomly-selected one-fourth of the original sample, together with their wives and, where appropriate, one of their children. Replications of this research have been carried out in Poland and Japan.
| Caplan, Leslie J; Schooler, Carmi (2003) The roles of fatalism, self-confidence, and intellectual resources in the disablement process in older adults. Psychol Aging 18:551-61 |
| Schooler, C; Mulatu, M S (2001) The reciprocal effects of leisure time activities and intellectual functioning in older people: a longitudinal analysis. Psychol Aging 16:466-82 |
| Schooler, C; Mulatu, M S; Oates, G (1999) The continuing effects of substantively complex work on the intellectual functioning of older workers. Psychol Aging 14:483-506 |
| Mulatu, M S; Schooler, C (1999) Longitudinal effects of occupational, psychological, and social background characteristics on health of older workers. Ann N Y Acad Sci 896:406-8 |
