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Available online or as a 3-volume print set, this authoritative reference work contains more than 300 entries covering all aspects of the multi-disciplinary field of adult development and aging. Under the general editorship of Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a noted pioneer in the field, the entries come from a stellar group of internationally-based researchers. They bring together concise, accurate summaries of classic topics as well as the most recent thinking and research in new areas. They educate readers on the most important facts, theories, research, practice, and contemporary trends. The Enyclopedia covers a broad range of issues, from biological and physiological changes in the body to changes in cognition, personality, and social roles to applied areas, such as psychotherapy, long-term care, and end-of-life issues. Accessible and up-to-date, this state-of-the-art reference work is as essential for experts in the field as for students across the social sciences and medicine coming to the subject for the first time.
List of contents
Volume I
Alphabetical List of Entries vii
Thematic List of Entries xiii
About the Editors xix
Contributors xxiii
Introduction xcvii
Adulthood and Aging A-
Volume II
Adulthood and Aging -
Volume III
Adulthood and Aging -Z
Index
About the author
Susan Krauss Whitbourne is Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She is one of the pioneers of the field of adult development and aging and her work focuses on personality development in midlife and later adulthood. She has appeared in the national media, including The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Natural Health, and the Chicago Tribune, and is a widely read blogger for Psychology Today and Huffington Post. She is the author of 16 books, many in multiple translations, and over 150 journal articles and chapters. Her books include Adult Development and Aging: Biopsychosocial Perspectives (5th Edition, Wiley, 2014), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Adulthood and Aging (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), The Search for Fulfillment (2010), and Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders (6th edition, 2009). She has received major teaching and mentoring awards both nationally and at her university and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Chair of the Gerontological Society of America's Behavioral and Social Sciences section, and a member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs.
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Available online or as a 3-volume print set, this authoritative reference work contains more than 300 entries covering all aspects of the multi-disciplinary field of adult development and aging.
