Successful Aging

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 very little about the strengths and weaknesses of old age or how to achieve a good balance between gains and losses! a meaningful conclusion to life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Preface; 1. Psychological perspectives on successful aging: the model of selective optimization with compensation; 2. Medical perspectives upon successful aging; 3. Successful aging in a post-retired society; 4. The optimization of cognitive functioning in old age: predictions based on cohort-sequential and longitudinal data; 5. The optimization of episodic remembering in old age; 6. Peak performance and age: an examination of peak performance in sports; 7. Personal control over development and quality of life perspectives in adulthood; 8. Successful mastery of bereavement and widowhood: a life-course perspective; 9. The Bonn longitudinal study of aging: coping, life adjustment, and life satisfaction; 10. Risk and protective factors in the transition to young adulthood; 11. Avoiding negative life outcomes: evidence from a forty-five year study; 12. Developing behavioural genetics and successful aging; Name index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Baltes
• Assisted by: Margaret M. Baltes (Editor), Margret M. Baltes (Editor), Paul B. Baltes (Editor), Baltes Margret M. (Editor), Baltes Paul B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1993
• EAN: 9780521435826
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43582-6
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Enls; European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development; European Network on Longitudin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology