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Aging in Society: Selected Reviews of Recent Research » Read Now
by Matilda White Riley, Beth B. Hess, Kathleen Bond. 276 pgs.

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...MINORITY AGING Kyriakos...Department of Preventive...Department of Psychology, University...Department of Psychology, University of Washington...Institute on Aging...
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Aging Comes of Age: Older People Finding Themselves » Read Now
by Frank Hutchison. 116 pgs.

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...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hutchison, Frank, 1909- Aging comes of age : older people finding themselves Frank Hutchison...references. ISBN 0-664-25188-9 1. Aged--United...
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Aging and Identity: A Humanities Perspective » Read Now
by Sara Munson Deats, Lagretta Tallent Lenker. 256 pgs.

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Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars examine literary treatments, cinematic depictions, and artistic portraits of aging from Shakespeare to Hemingway, from Horton Foote to Disney, from Rembrandt to...
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Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars examine literary treatments, cinematic depictions, and artistic portraits of aging from Shakespeare to Hemingway, from Horton Foote to Disney, from Rembrandt to Alice Neale, while also comparing the attitudes toward aging in Native American, African American, and Anglo American literature. The examples demonstrate that long before gerontologists endorsed a Janus-faced model of aging, artists were celebrating the diversity of the elderly, challenging the bio-medical equation of senescence with inevitable senility. Underlying all of this discussion is the firm conviction that cultural texts construct as well as encode the conventional perceptions of their society; that literature, the arts, and the media not only mirror society's mores but can also help to create and enforce them.
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The Handbook of Aging and Cognition » Read Now
by Fergus I. M. Craik, Timothy A. Salthouse. 755 pgs.

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...The Handbook of Aging and Cognition Second Edition The Handbook of Aging and Cognition Second Edition Edited...Cataloging-in-Publication Data The handbook of aging and...
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Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging » Read Now
by Timothy A. Salthouse. 444 pgs.

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...field such as the psychology of aging because the meta-theoretical...the discipline of psychology. With respect...noted: Since aging so patently and...researchers in...
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Bridging Paradigms: Positive Development in Adulthood and Cognitive Aging » Read Now
by Jan D. Sinnott, John C. Cavanaugh. 282 pgs.

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This volume examines positive development across adulthood with particular emphasis on postformal thought. The editors acknowledge that researchers have compiled a substantial body of descriptive evidence about the styles of thinking used by adults under certain conditions. The contributors...
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This volume examines positive development across adulthood with particular emphasis on postformal thought. The editors acknowledge that researchers have compiled a substantial body of descriptive evidence about the styles of thinking used by adults under certain conditions. The contributors, reflecting a diversity of backgrounds, assumptions, disciplines, and methods, describe postformal thought and its correlates from physiological, psychological, sociological, anthropological, and clinical perspectives.
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Regression, Stress, and Readjustment in Aging: A Structured, Bio-Psychosocial Perspective on Coping and Professional Support » Read Now
by Zeev Ben-Sira. 178 pgs.

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This volume develops a comprehensive multivariate paradigm of the process of aging, delineating the factors underlying age-related degeneration. The model is aimed at understanding the conditions under which age sets into motion a process of degeneration. The process of degeneration is evidently due...
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This volume develops a comprehensive multivariate paradigm of the process of aging, delineating the factors underlying age-related degeneration. The model is aimed at understanding the conditions under which age sets into motion a process of degeneration. The process of degeneration is evidently due to the combined impact of deleterious biophysiological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors and the interaction among them. Based on this evidence, Ben-Sira shows how age-related degeneration can be viewed as a product of a damaging cycle of reciprocally activating stimuli from the person's internal and external environment. Consequently, aging is conceptualized as a process of bio-psychosocial regression. The paradigm outlined in this volume identifies factors that are likely to accelerate or decelerate the process of aging.
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Communication and Aging » Read Now
by Jon F. Nussbaum, Loretta L. Pecchioni, James D. Robinson, Teresa L. Thompson. 368 pgs.

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This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the social interaction that occurs during later...
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This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the social interaction that occurs during later life. The edition provides a comprehensive update on the existing and emerging research within communication and aging studies and considers such topics as notions of successful aging, positive and negative stereotypes toward older adults, and health communication issues. It raises awareness of the barriers facing elderly people in conversation and the importance such conversations have in elderly people's lives. The impact of nonrelational processes, such as hearing loss, are considered as they impact relationships with others and affect the ability to age successfully. The book is organized into 14 chapters. Each chapter is written so that the reader is presented with an exhaustive review of the pertinent and recent literature from the social sciences. As in the first edition, when the literature is empirically based, the communicative ramifications are then discussed. Readers of this volume will gain greater understanding of the importance of their communicative relationships and how significant they remain across the life span. Developed for students in communication, psychology, nursing, social gerontology, sociology, and related areas, Communication and Aging provides important insights on communication to all who are affected by the aging process.
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Religion, Health, and Aging: A Review and Theoretical Integration » Read Now
by Harold George Koenig, Mona Smiley, Jo Ann Ploch Gonzales. 234 pgs.

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This book presents a comprehensive and scientific review of the research during the past fifty years on the relationship between religion and health in later life. It will help professionals gain awareness of the importance of religious and spiritual variables among older people. The widespread...
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This book presents a comprehensive and scientific review of the research during the past fifty years on the relationship between religion and health in later life. It will help professionals gain awareness of the importance of religious and spiritual variables among older people. The widespread interest in religion among today's elderly suggests its value as a coping strategy and personal resource. Unlike any other in the field, this volume synthesizes both past research and new findings, including recent unpublished data, into a model of how religion might interact with other variables to help determine adaptation to stress in laterlife.
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Revisioning Aging: Empowerment of Older Women » Read Now
by Jenny Onyx, Rosemary Leonard, Rosslyn Reed. 259 pgs.

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...methods of studying and theorizing about aging that are available through feminism, methods...and found appropriate to our positioning of ourselves as older women...
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Preservation of the Self in the Oldest Years: With Implications for Practice » Read Now
by Sheldon S. Tobin. 254 pgs.

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...1. Aged Psychology. 2. Aging Psychological...Counseling of. I. Tobin...death and aging successfully...and content of these brief...the unique psychology of the...
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Psychology and Aging: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1991 » Read Now
by Theo B. Sonderegger. 300 pgs.

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The Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives » Read Now
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne. 332 pgs.

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...grandiose, title of " The Psychology of Aging ." It became clear, however...colleagues in the field of the psychology of aging have written excellent broad-based...research...
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Social Structure and Aging: Psychological Processes » Read Now
by K. Warner Schaie, Carmi Schooler. 288 pgs.

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...Quasi-experimental designs in the psychology of aging". In J. E. Birren K...Schaie Eds. , Handbook of the psychology of aging pp. 39-58 . New York: Van...Schaie Eds. ...
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Aging in Good Health: Multidisciplinary Perspectives » Read Now
by Sue E. Levkoff, Yeon Kyung Chee, Shohei Noguchi. 352 pgs.

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...in a sample of community-dwelling...older adults. Psychology and Aging , 12, 189-195...elderly: Test of a process model. Psychology and Aging, 6 , 190-201...our knowledge...
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Behavior, Health, and Aging » Read Now
by Stephen B. Manuck, Richard Jennings, Bruce S. Rabin, Andrew Baum. 280 pgs.

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A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas. This book addresses these issues with contributed chapters by the leading authorities in the field of behavioral medicine. It deals with...
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A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas. This book addresses these issues with contributed chapters by the leading authorities in the field of behavioral medicine. It deals with health and healthcare needs of the elderly by considering basic changes that result from aging and some of the more specific problems that accompany it. Content highlights include a review of the basic tenets of genetics and molecular biology including some of the methods of looking at heritable differences in health and well-being. Quality of life concerns are addressed, including the differences between men and women, as well as other gender issues. Several chapters deal with the effects of aging on immunity. The latter part of the book emphasizes the psychosocial implications of aging on cardiovascular disease. Chronic illness among the elderly is also addressed.
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