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Author : Paul B. Baltes,Karl Ulrich Mayer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521000033
An extensive, multidisciplinary study of old age and aging, ranging from 70 to 100 years.
Author : Reinhard Nuthmann,Hans-Werner Wahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3879850984
Author : Douglas D. Friedrich
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106016189794
The author focuses on integrating discipline-specific research and theory about aging, particularly aging in later adulthood, in language that is understandable to practitioners of diverse educational backgrounds."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Daatland, Svein Olav,Biggs, Simon
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781861348470
Assessing the stereotyped conceptions of ageing, this book explores the diversity of individual pathways of ageing, the sources of identifications, migration and otherness, and the tension between social structures and personal agency. It is aimed at academics, students and practitioners in the fields of sociology, social psychology and welfare
Author : Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026254412
Author : Richard Schulz
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0826148433
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Author : Toni Antonucci,Corann Okorodudu,Hiroko Akiyama
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1405112034
Old age represents a new frontier. The number of older people is increasing throughout the world. This changing demography affects individuals, but also families, communities and societies. The focus of this special issue is the well-being of older adults on different continents. Scientists from around the world address this issue using a wide array of research designs and methodologies to provide a broad perspective on aging. Five topics are considered: Well-Being among Older Adults; Social Support; Functional Status, Well-Being, and Successful Aging; Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Aging; and Research Perspectives in Aging. This volume clearly demonstrates that scientists have much to contribute to the goal of optimizing the experience of aging and creating a society for all ages.
Author : Irina Catrinel Crăciun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030142551
This book explores positive aging through the lens of precarity, aiming to ground positive aging theories in current social contexts. In recent years, research on aging has been branded by growing disagreements between supporters of the successful aging model and critical gerontologists who highlight the widening inequalities, disadvantages and precarity that characterize old age. This book comes to fill a gap in knowledge by offering an alternative view on positive aging, informed by precarity and its impact on projections concerning aging. The first part of the book places aging in broader theoretical and empirical context, exploring the complex links between views on aging, successful aging theories, policy and social reality. The second part uses results from a qualitative research conducted in Germany to illustrate the dissonance between successful aging ideals and both negative and positive views on aging as well as aging preparation strategies inspired by precarity. Findings from this section provide a solid starting point for comparisons with countries that are both similar and different from Germany in terms of welfare regimes and aging policies. The final part of the book discusses the psychological implications of these findings within and beyond the German case study and outlines potential solutions for practice. This book provides health psychologists, gerontologists, sociologists, social workers, health professionals as well as students and aging individuals themselves with better understanding of the meaning of aging in precarious times and builds confidence about aging well despite precarity.
Author : Jack Botwinick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783662385173
Author : Paul Boris Baltes,Margret M. Baltes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993-05-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 052143582X
More and more people live into old age. This demographic revolution underscores the fact that old age is the last uncharted and unattended phase of the life cycle.
Author : Linda S. Noelker, PhD,Kenneth Rockwood, MD, FRCPC,Richard L. Sprott, Ph.D.
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 1444 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826148445
A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE ON GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS Since its inception in 1987, The Encyclopedia of Aging has proven to be the definitive resource for scholars and students across the burgeoning and increasingly interdisciplinary fields of gerontology and geriatrics. Like its three esteemed predecessors, the fourth edition contains concise, readable explorations of hundreds of terms, concepts, and issues related to the lives of older adults, as well as timely coverage of the many new programs and services for the elderly. Updated, under the distinguished stewardship of editor-in-chief Richard Schulz to reflect the infusion of new information across the scientific disciplines, this new edition brings readers up-to-the-moment significant advances in biology, physiology, genetics, medicine, psychology, nursing, social services, sociology, economics, technology, and political science. While retaining the format and standard of excellence that marked the first three editions, the fourth edition encompasses a wealth of new information from the social and health sciences. It contains the most current bibliography of an expanding literature, an exhaustive index, and extensive cross references. This much anticipated update of the field's most authoritative resource will take its place as an indispensable reference for specialists and non-specialists across a broad range of disciplines that now comprise the field of aging. SPRINGER--SERVING THE HEALTHCARE AND HELPING PROFESSIONS FOR MORE THAN 55 YEARS
Author : Merril Silverstein, PhD,Dr. Vern L. Bengtson, PhD,Michelle Putnam, PhD,Norella M. Putney, PhD,Daphna Gans, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0826162525
The field of gerontology has often been criticized for being "data-rich but theory-poor." The editors of this book address this issue by stressing the importance of theory in gerontology. While the previous edition focused on multidisciplinary approaches to aging theory, this new edition provides cross-disciplinary, integrative explanations of aging theory: The contributors of this text have reached beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries to partner with researchers in adjacent fields in studying aging and age-related phenomena. This edition of the Handbook consists of 39 chapters written by 67 internationally recognized experts in the field of aging. It is organized in seven sections, reflecting the major theoretical developments in gerontology over the past 10 years. Special Features: Comprehensive coverage of aging theory, focusing on the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging A section dedicated to discussing how aging theory informs public policy A concluding chapter summarizing the major themes of aging, and offering predictions about the future of theory development Required reading for graduate students and post doctoral fellows, this textbook represents the current status of theoretical development in the study of aging.
Author : Klaus Warner Schaie
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aged
ISBN : 0826118542
Author : Liat Ayalon,Clemens Tesch-Römer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319738208
This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, design, engineering, policy and media studies. The contributors have collaborated to produce a truly stimulating and educating book on ageism which brings a clear overview of the state of the art in the field. The book serves as a catalyst to generate research, policy and public interest in the field of ageism and to reconstruct the image of old age and will be of interest to researchers and students in gerontology and geriatrics.
Author : Ursula M. Staudinger,Ulman E.R. Lindenberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1402071981
K. Warner Schaie I am pleased to write a foreword for this interesting volume, particularly as over many years, I have had the privilege of interacting with the editors and a majority of the con tributors in various professional roles as a colleague, mentor, or research collaborator. The editors begin their introduction by asking why one would want to read yet another book on human development. They immediately answer their question by pointing out that many developmentally oriented texts and other treatises neglect the theoretical foundations of human development and fail to embed psychological constructs within the multidisciplinary context so essential to understanding development. This volume provides a positive remedy to past deficiencies in volumes on hu man development with a well-organized structure that leads the reader from a general introduction through the basic processes to methodological issues and the relation of developmental constructs to social context and biological infrastructure. This approach does not surprise. After all, the editors and most of the contributors at one time or an other had a connection to the Max Planck Institute of Human Development in Berlin, whether as students, junior scientists, or senior visitors. That institute, under the leader ship of Paul Baltes, has been instrumental in pursuing a systematic lifespan approach to the study of cognition and personality. Over the past two decades, it has influenced the careers of a generation of scientists who have advocated long-term studies of human development in an interdisciplinary context.
