Middle Age And Aging

Author : Bernice L. Neugarten
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1968-12-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0226573826

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Middle Age and Aging by Bernice L. Neugarten Pdf

The process of aging is receiving an increasing amount of attention from behavioral scientists. Middle Age and Aging is an attempt to organize and select from the proliferation of material available in this field. The selections in this volume emphasize some of the major topics that lie closest to the problem of what social and psychological adaptations are required as individuals move through the second half of their lives. Major attention is paid to the importance of age-status and age-sex roles; psychological changes in the life-cycle; social-psychological theories of aging; attitudes toward health; changing family roles; work, retirement, and leisure; certain other dimensions of the immediate social environment such as friendships, neighboring patterns, and living arrangements; differences in cultural settings; and perspectives of time and death.

Author : Bernice Levin Neugarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:878210735

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Middle Age and Aging by Bernice Levin Neugarten Pdf

Author : Anne W. Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Aging
ISBN : UCAL:B4207701

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The New Years by Anne W. Simon Pdf

Author : Sherry L. Willis,James B. Reid
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080525679

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Life in the Middle by Sherry L. Willis,James B. Reid Pdf

There is a growing body of scientific knowledge regarding development during the middle years which has so far been relegated to discipline-specific texts and journals (e.g., clinical psychology and endocrinology). Life in the Middle consolidates main findings across disciplines, with a life-span perspective regarding mid-life. Coverage includes individual development in middle age from the psychological and biological perspectives as well as the sociocultural context in which middle-aged individuals live and work, including physical health in mid-life, psychological well-being, cognitive development, the impact of work on the individual, and the general development of the "self." This age period is increasingly becoming the focus of scholarly attention as the largest cohort in U.S. history are now moving into the middle years (e.g., the "babyboomers"). From 1990 to 2015 the number of middle-aged people will increase 72 percent from 47 to 80 million. Contributors are outstanding scholars in the field of adult development Addresses critical theoretical issues in midlife Includes important contributions to our understanding of physical health at midlife Presents a thorough review of women's health at midlife Takes a holistic approach to biopsychosocial functioning at midlife

Author : Sherry L. Willis,Mike Martin
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-23
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 076198853X

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Middle Adulthood by Sherry L. Willis,Mike Martin Pdf

Willis (Pennsylvania State U.) and Martin's (U. of Zurich) text considers facets of life from age 40 to 65. Taking a multicultural perspective, it addresses topics including the emergence of middle age as a normative developmental period in the life course; change and stability in personality during middle age; and cognitive development and decline

Author : Christian Krötzl,Katariina Mustakallio
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Civilization, Classical
ISBN : 2503532160

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On Old Age by Christian Krötzl,Katariina Mustakallio Pdf

Research into old age and dying in the pre-modern world has examined not only the demographic aspects of ageing populations but also the social role of aged people. The volume, with its diverse topics, cuts across traditional scholarly barriers and provides valuable analytical tools for further studies on the subject.

Author : Kay Heath
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791477267

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Aging by the Book by Kay Heath Pdf

Uncovers the origins of midlife anxiety in Victorian print culture.

Author : Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Aging
ISBN : 9064270066

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Middle Age by Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal Pdf

Author : Margaret M. Lock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 052091662X

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Encounters with Aging by Margaret M. Lock Pdf

Margaret Lock explicitly compares Japanese and North American medical and political accounts of female middle age to challenge Western assumptions about menopause. She uses ethnography, interviews, statistics, historical and popular culture materials, and medical publications to produce a richly detailed account of Japanese women's lives. The result offers irrefutable evidence that the experience and meanings—even the endocrinological changes—associated with female midlife are far from universal. Rather, Lock argues, they are the product of an ongoing dialectic between culture and local biologies. Japanese focus on middle-aged women as family members, and particularly as caretakers of elderly relatives. They attach relatively little importance to the end of menstruation, seeing it as a natural part of the aging process and not a diseaselike state heralding physical decline and emotional instability. Even the symptoms of midlife are different: Japanese women report few hot flashes, for example, but complain frequently of stiff shoulders. Articulate, passionate, and carefully documented, Lock's study systematically undoes the many preconceptions about aging women in two distinct cultural settings. Because it is rooted in the everyday lives of Japanese women, it also provides an excellent entree to Japanese society as a whole. Aging and menopause are subjects that have been closeted behind our myths, fears, and misconceptions. Margaret Lock's cross-cultural perspective gives us a critical new lens through which to examine our assumptions.

Author : Jean M. Coyle
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : IND:30000107649760

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Handbook on Women and Aging by Jean M. Coyle Pdf

Expert contributors summarize current research on women and aging.

Author : Evelyn R Rosenthal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317993063

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Women, Aging, and Ageism by Evelyn R Rosenthal Pdf

Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women. Women, Aging and Ageism, in response to the lack of literature that focuses on aging women, presents timely and definitive research that illustrates the implications of ageism and sexism. This landmark volume challenges powerful myths and dangerous stereotypes and identifies the damaging restrictions that society forces upon aging women. In extending feminist research to middle and old age, the chapters taken together comprise a critique of the conditions of the last third of women’s lives. The authors use analytical tools and methodologies developed and modified by feminists to explore questions previously unasked. They focus on issues of deep concern to women at midlife and beyond, including the politics of reproduction, sexuality, social isolation, violence against women, equal opportunity, and the feminization of poverty. Women, Aging and Ageism is available for classroom adoption. Ideal for students and helping professionals working with middle-aged and old women and their families, this book provides models of effective interventions grounded in field research and clinical practice. For all readers concerned about middle-aged and old women and the quality of their lives, Women, Aging and Ageism is a rich resource filled with ideas and information and an affirmative new volume about the limitless possibilities of women’s achievement in midlife and old age.

Author : Margie E. Lachman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780471189190

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Handbook of Midlife Development by Margie E. Lachman Pdf

THE DEFINITIVE RESOURCE ON MIDLIFE DEVELOPMENT Edited by Margie Lachman, a leader in the field, Handbook ofMidlife Development provides an up-to-date portrayal of humandevelopment during the middle years of the life span. Featuringcontributions from well-established, highly regarded experts, thisexhaustive reference fills the gap for a compilation of research onthis increasingly important topic. Divided into four comprehensive sections, the book addresses thetheoretical, biomedical, psychological, and social aspects ofmidlife development. Each chapter includes coverage of unifyingthemes such as gender differences, ethnic and cultural diversity,historical changes, and socioeconomic differences from a life-spandevelopmental perspective. Readers will discover what can belearned from individuals' subjective conceptions of midlife;explore various "cultural" fictions of middle age; examine theresources individuals have at their disposal to negotiate midlife;consider mechanisms for balancing work and family; and other topicsas presented in the latest research from the social, behavioral,and medical sciences. Handbook of Midlife Development is an indispensable resource forprofessionals and practitioners who work with adults and forresearchers and students who study adult development and relatedtopics. Some of the midlife topics discussed: * Cultural perspectives * Physical changes * Stress, coping, and health * Intellectual functioning * Memory * Personality and the self * Adaptation and resilience * Emotional development * Families and intergenerational relationships * Social relationships * The role of work * Planning for retirement

Author : Ben Hutchinson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781789143539

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The Midlife Mind by Ben Hutchinson Pdf

The meaning of life is a common concern, but what is the meaning of midlife? With the help of illustrious writers such as Dante, Montaigne, Beauvoir, Goethe, and Beckett, The Midlife Mind sets out to answer this question. Erudite but engaging, it takes a personal approach to that most impersonal of processes, aging. From the ancients to the moderns, from poets to playwrights, writers have long meditated on how we can remain creative as we move through our middle years. There are no better guides, then, to how we have regarded middle age in the past, how we understand it in the present, and how we might make it as rewarding as possible in the future.

Author : Paul B. Baltes,Karl Ulrich Mayer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521000033

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The Berlin Aging Study by Paul B. Baltes,Karl Ulrich Mayer Pdf

An extensive, multidisciplinary study of old age and aging, ranging from 70 to 100 years.

Author : Abraham Monk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015033213235

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The Age of Aging by Abraham Monk Pdf

Ageing has become a high priority issue on the agenda of legislators, public forums, and human service agencies. Social scientists are acknowledging that the American society is ageing - that is, older persons live longer and are increasing in numbers relative to the rest of the population. In "The Age of Aging," Abraham Monk has collected some of the most engaging and useful essays on ageing ever to have appeared in one volume. This book contributes to a better understanding of the processes of ageing and their impact on society as a whole. It goes beyond a mere descriptive account of the aged population, for it probes the images held about them and compares these views with their actual life styles, developmental transitions and crises. It also examines those experiences in light of social gerontological theories.Among the contributors, all of whom are leading researchers in the field of gerontology, are: Donald O Cowgill, Irving Roscow, Beverly A Yawney and Darrell L Slover, Dan Rubenstein, Helena Lopata, Marjorie H Cantor, and Martin B Sussman. This is not a single discipline book. It is not psychology, sociology, or social work, in the strict sense, but a combination of all. Thus, it is geared to a wide professional and educated laymen audience. Students in the social sciences and human service careers, and anyone seeking a better understanding about issues and concerns of old age will find this anthology a most invaluable and useful sourcebook.