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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Adulthood and Aging

ISBN: 9781444331479 | 1444331477
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 2/13/2012

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years.
This reference provides an invaluable overview of adult development and aging, taking in a wide range of topics vital to gaining an understanding of the developmental psychology of the adult years. Newly commissioned articles from the top researchers in the field take a biopsychosocial approach, covering... MORE
Notes on Contributorsp. ix
Prefacep. xvii
Foundations
Theoretical Perspectives: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Positive Agingp. 3
"Demography of Aging: Behavioral and Social Implicationsp. 25
Late Life: A Venue for Studying die Mechanisms by WhichContextual Factors Influence Individual Developmentp. 49
Methodological Issues in Research on Adult Development and Agingp. ... MORE
Physical Changes and Health
Physical Exercise and Healthp. 97
Behavioral Stability and Change in Health Across the Adult Life Cyclep. 118
Cognition
Processing Speedp. 135
Working Memoryp. 154
Memory and Agingp. 174
Everyday Cognitionp. 190
Personality
Personality Development in Adulthoodp. 211
Socioemotional Perspectives on Adult Developmentp. 236
Personality and Aging: Cognitive Perspectives and Processesp. 254
Abnormal Aging
Affective Disorders and Age: The View Through a Developmental Lensp. 275
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementiasp. 293
Personality Disorders in Later Lifep. 312
Assessment of Older Adultsp. 331
Social Processes
Self-Regulation and Social Cognition in Adulthood: The Gyroscopeof Personalityp. 357
Partners and Friends in Adulthoodp. 381
Intergenerational Relationships and Agingp. 399
Retirement: An Adult Development Perspectivep. 416
Well-Being and Creativity
Effects of Remaining Time for Psychological Well-Being and Cognitionp. 433
Successful Agingp. 459
Creative Productivity and Aging: An Age Decrement - or Not?p. 477
Author Indexp. 497
Subject Indexp. 527
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Susan Krauss Whitbourne is Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of numerous publications including Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders (6th edition, with R. P. Halgin, 2009), Adult Development and Aging: Biopsychosocial Perspectives (4th Edition, Wiley, 2011, with S. B. Whitbourne), and The Search for Fulfillment (2010).

Martin Sliwinski is Director of the Gerontology Center and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He has written extensively on the relationship of stress and disease to health, emotional well-being, and cognitive function across the adult lifespan.



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