Overview

The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults.

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Author:   K Warner Schaie (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) ,  Sherry L. Willis (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9780123808820

ISBN 10:   0123808820
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   21 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780124114692
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging 1. Concepts and theory in the psychology of aging Roger Dixon, University of Alberta 2. Methodology, attrition, meta-analysis and data imputation Emilio Ferrer, University of California at Davis 3. Historical influences on aging and behavior K. Warner Schaie, University of Washington Part II. Neuroscience, cognition and aging 4. Executive function and cognitive aging Mary Lucscz, Flinders University 5. Structural imaging and cognitive aging Karen Rodrigue and Kristen Kennedy, U of Texas at Dallas6. Cognitive aging and neurogenetics William Kremen, UCSD and Michael Lyons, Boston University 7. Neuroplasticity of cognitive function with age Denise Park, University of Texas at Dallas 8. Memory: Normal and pathological changes with age Lars Nyberg, University of Umea and Lars Bäckman, Karolinska Institutet 9. Complex decision making Ellen Peters, Decision Research and University of Oregon 10. Cognitive interventions Elizabeth Stein-Morrow, University of Illinois Part III: Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging11. Control, health and aging Margie Lachman, Bradndeis University 12. Stress and aging David Almeida, Pennsylvania State University 13. Health disparities, social class and aging Keith Whitfield. Duke University 14 . Adult Inter-generational relations Karen Fingerman, Purdue University 15. Wisdom, aging and wellbeing Monika Ardelt, University of Florida.16. Age stereotypes and aging Mary Lee Hummert, University of Kansas 17, Communications, elderspeak, and aging Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara 18. Work and aging Ursula Staudinger, Jacobs University, Bremen 19. Emotion and aging Susan T. Charles 20. Psychopathology, grief and aging, Susan Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 21. Psychological assessment of emotional distress, personality disorders, personality and aging Barry Edelstein, West Virginia University, and Dan Segal, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 22. Neuropsychological assessment of the dementias of late life Jennifer Manly, Columbia University, Stephanie Consentino and Adam Brickma 23. Caregiving and the older caregiver Bob Knight, Universitty of Southern California 24. Legal competency assessment and geroforensic psychology Jenifer Moye, Harvard Medical School

Reviews

I particularly liked the section that looks at incomplete data and attrition, as the authors provide ways of resolving these issues...Overall, the handbook aims to provide a foundation for an understanding of the issues of ageing for both the individual and the wider society and it achieves this through the wide range of topics covered. --Ageing & Society, May 2013

I particularly liked the section that looks at incomplete data and attrition, as the authors provide ways of resolving these issues.Overall, the handbook aims to provide a foundation for an understanding of the issues of ageing for both the individual and the wider society and it achieves this through the wide range of topics covered. --Ageing & Society, May 2013

I particularly liked the section that looks at incomplete data and attrition, as the authors provide ways of resolving these issues...Overall, the handbook aims to provide a foundation for an understanding of the issues of ageing for both the individual and the wider society and it achieves this through the wide range of topics covered. --Ageing and Society, May 2013

Author Information

K. Warner Schaie is the Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. A fellow of the Gerontological Society and the American Psychological Association, Professor Schaie has served as president of the APA Division of Adult Development and Aging and as editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Author of over 250 scholarly publications on the psychology of aging, Dr. Schaie has interests including the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, and methodological issues in the developmental sciences. Dr. Schaie has received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions from the Gerontological Society of America and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the American Psychological Association.

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