Successful aging perspectives from the behavioral sciences
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. We know that old age is the last uncharted and unattended phase of the life cycle. We know very little about the strengths and weaknesse...
| Otros Autores: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
1990.
|
| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45431541*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Psychological perspectives on successful aging : the model of selective optimization with compensation / Paul B. Baltes and Margret M. Baltes
- Medical perspectives upon successful aging / James F. Fries
- Successful aging in a post-retired society / David L. Featherman, Jacqui Smith, and James G. Peterson
- The optimization of cognitive functioning in old age : predictions based on cohort-sequential and longitudinal data / K. Warner Schaie
- The optimization of episodic remembering in old age / Lars Bäckman, Timo Mäntylä, and Agneta Herlitz
- Peak performance and age : an examination of peak performance in sports / K. Anders Ericsson
- Personal control over development and quality of life perspectives in adulthood / Jochen Brandtstädter and Bernhard Baltes-Götz.
- Successful mastery of bereavement and widowhood : a life-course perspective / Camille B. Wortman and Roxane Cohen Silver
- The Bonn longitudinal study of aging : coping, life adjustment, and life satisfaction / Georg Rudinger and Hans Thomae
- Risk and protective factors in the transition to young adulthood / Barbara Maughan and Lorna Champion
- Avoiding negative life outcomes : evidence from a forty-five year study / George E. Vaillant
- Developmental behavorial genetics and successful aging / Nancy L. Pedersen and Jennifer R. Harris.
