The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of adulthood and aging [electronic resource] / edited by Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Martin J. Sliwinski.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whitbourne, Susan Krauss (Author)
Sliwinski, Martin J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2016.
Series:Wiley Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology
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Variant Title:
Handbook of adulthood and aging
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface / Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Martin J. Sliwinski
  • Foundations
  • Theoretical perspectives : a biopsychosocial approach to positive aging / Elliot M. Friedman and Carol D. Ryff
  • Demography of aging: behavioral and social implications / Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Stacey B. Whitbourne
  • Late life : a venue for studying the mechanisms by which contextual factors influence individual development / Denis Gerstorf and Nilam Ram
  • Methodological issues in research on adult development and aging / Scott M. Hofer, Philippe Rast, and Andrea M. Piccinin
  • Physical changes and health
  • Physical exercise and health / Leslie I. Katzel and Gregory M. Steinbrenner
  • Behavioral stability and change in health across the adult life cycle / Ilene C. Siegler and Adam Davey
  • Cognition
  • Processing speed / Judith Dirk and Florian Schmiedek
  • Working memory / David P. McCabe and Vanessa M. Loaiza
  • Memory and aging / Brent J. Small, Kerri S. Rawson, Sarah Eisel, and Cathy L. McEvoy
  • Everyday cognition / Jason C. Allaire
  • Personality
  • Personality development in adulthood / Nicky J. Newton and Abigail J. Stewart
  • Socioemotional perspectives on adult development / Jennifer Tehan Stanley and Derek M. Isaacowitz
  • Personality and aging: cognitive perspectives and processes / Eileen Kranz Graham and Margie E. Lachman
  • Abnormal aging
  • Affective disorders and age: the view through a developmental lens / Jennifer R. Piazza and Susan Turk Charles
  • Alzheimer?s disease and other dementias / Joshua R. Steinerman and Richard B. Lipton
  • Personality disorders in later life / Daniel L. Segal, Richard Zweig, and Victor Molinari
  • Assessment of older adults / Christine E. Gould, Barry A. Edelstein, and Lindsay A. Gerolimatos
  • Social processes
  • Self-regulation and social cognition in adulthood : the gyroscope of personality / Cory Bolkan and Karen Hooker
  • Partners and friends in adulthood / Rosemary Blieszner and Karen A. Roberto
  • Intergenerational relationships and aging / Kira S. Birditt and Elvina Wardjiman
  • Retirement : an adult development perspective / Mo Wang
  • Well-being and creativity
  • Effects of remaining time for psychological well-being and cognition / Boo Johansson and Anne Ingeborg Berg
  • Successful aging / Colin A. Depp, Ipsit V. Vahia, and Dilip V. Jeste
  • Creative productivity and aging : an age decrement : or not? / Dean Keith Simonton
  • Author index
  • Subject index.