Adulthood and aging research on continuities and discontinuities

In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals negotiate and main...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bengtson, Vern L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub c1996.
Edición:1st ed
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  • Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Psychological Immunity and the Late Onset Disorders; 2 Conceptual and Empirical Advances in Understanding Aging Well Through Proactive Adaptation; 3 Continuities and Discontinuities in Very Late Life; 4 Life Course and Persistent Psychiatric Illness: Social Timing, Cohort, and Intervention; 5 Continuities and Discontinuities in Gender Identity; 6 A Non-Normative Old Age Contrast: Elderly Parents Caring for Offspring with Mental Retardation; 7 Perspective on Adult Life Crises; 8 In Search of Continuities and Discontinuities Across Time and Culture
  • 9 On-Time, Off-Time, Out of Time? Reflections on Continuity and Discontinuity from an Illness Process10 Continuities and Discontinuities in Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span; 11 Modified-Extended Families Over Time: Discontinuity in Parts, Continuity in Wholes; 12 Continuities and Discontinuities in Intergenerational Relationships Over Time; 13 Continuities and Discontinuities in Public Policy on Aging; 14 Public Support for Programs for Older Americans: Continuities Amidst Threats of Discontinuities; 15 Looking at Our Future Selves: Neugarten as Gerontology's Seer
  • 16 Profile of Bernice L. NeugartenIndex