Adult Development and Aging

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Preface
 
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
  Chapter 1: Studying Growth and Change Across the Life Span 
Principles of Life Span Development
 
Generational Cohorts
 
The Multidimensional Nature of Age
 
Developmental Research Methods: Disentangling Chronological Age, Historical Period, and Generational Cohort
 
Theoretical Frameworks
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 2: Biological Aging, Health, and Longevity 
Why Do We Age? Theories of Biological Aging
 
Age-Related Changes in Vison
 
Age-Related Changes in Audition
 
Age-Related Changes in Gustation
 
Age-Related Changes in Olfaction
 
Age-Related Changes in Somesthesis
 
Specific Chronic Health Conditions
 
Everyday Experience of Biological Aging
 
Life Expectancy and Life Span
 
From Theory to Application: Life Extension and Health Span
 
Integrating Across Topics
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 3: Cognitive Development Across Adulthood 
Introduction
 
What Is Cognition?
 
Psychometric Approach
 
Crystallized (Gc) and Fluid (Gf) Abilities
 
Seattle Longitudinal Study and Primary Mental Abilities
 
Memory as Cognition
 
Information-Processing Approaches to Cognition
 
Noncognitive Influences on Cognitive Aging
 
Memory in Everyday Life
 
Optimizing Cognition in Adulthood
 
Other Frameworks Related to Cognitive Aging
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 4: Coping and Resiliency in Adulthood 
Life Events as Causes of Change
 
Stress and Coping in Adulthood
 
Coping With Loss in Adulthood: An Overview
 
Influences on How We Cope With Loss: How Death Is Defined
 
The Meaning We Attach to Death and Dying Influences How We Cope With Loss
 
Responses to Death and Dying as Influences on Coping With Loss
 
Coping With and Surviving Loss
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 5: Personality and Emotional Regulation 
Introduction
 
Defining Personality in Adulthood
 
Stability and Change: Stage and Non-Stage Theories of Traits
 
The “Big Five” and Other Personality Models
 
Observable Behaviors and Impression Management
 
Resiliency in Adjustment to Aging
 
Defining Emotional Regulation in Later Life
 
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Control
 
Self-Determination and Personal Growth
 
Different Emotional Coping Styles and Strategies
 
Emotional Adaptation to Aging-Related Losses and Changes
 
Therapeutic Interventions to Support Positive Aging Adjustment
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 6: Mental Health and Intervention 
Mental Health in Adulthood
 
Alzheimer’s Disease
 
The Course of Alzheimer’s Disease
 
Mild Cognitive Impairment
 
Disorders That Mimic Dementia
 
Common Functional Disorders
 
The Mental Health Challenges Faced by College Students
 
Suicide
 
Other Functional Disorders
 
Drug Use and Abuse Among Younger and Older Persons
 
Therapeutic Interventions With Adults and Older Persons
 
Goals for Therapy With Adults
 
Therapies With Adults and Older Persons
 
Behavioral Interventions
 
Prevention as Therapy
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 7: The Social-Environmental Context of Adulthood and Aging 
Understanding and Describing the Environment
 
Transactions With the Environment
 
Person-Environment Interaction
 
Adult Development in Context
 
Influences on the Developmental Niche in Adulthood: The Healthy and Not-So-Healthy
 
Real-Life Applications of Person- Environment Fit and Developmental Niche
 
Making Choices About Alternative Paths of Adult Development
 
Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Young Adulthood
 
Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Middle Adulthood
 
Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Late Adulthood
 
Housing in Later Life
 
Older Adults’ Involvement in the Community
 
Enhancing Older Persons’ Use of Services and Programs
 
Person-Environment Fit and Quality of Life in Late Adulthood
 
Societal Intervention as Environmental Change
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 8: Interpersonal Relationships: Our Personal Network of Support 
Technology and Social Support
 
Aging and Convoy Membership
 
Functions of Social Convoys
 
Negative Interpersonal Interactions
 
Intergenerational Relationships: A Key Dimension of Our Convoy of Support
 
Functions of Intergenerational Relationships
 
Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children
 
Caregiving in an Intergenerational Context
 
Caregiving in Adulthood
 
Elder Abuse
 
Grandparents as Caregivers
 
Gender Differences in Social Support
 
Cultural Variations in the Intergenerational Kinship Network
 
Educational Implications of Intergenerational Relationships
 
Friendships
 
Interest-Related and Deep Friendships
 
Widowhood
 
Remarriage Among Widows and Widowers
 
Grandparenting
 
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 9: Socialization and the Family 
Introduction
 
Defining Socialization in Adulthood
 
Socializing Effects of Age (Cohort), Gender, and Culture
 
Interpersonal Relationships in Adulthood
 
Partner Selection and Marriage
 
LGBTQ Relationships
 
Relationship Satisfaction
 
Family Relationships
 
Defining Family in Later Life: Biological and Nonbiological Ties
 
Aging Family Roles and Transitions
 
Structural Changes and Adaptations: Divorce, Remarriage, and Blended Forms
 
Grandparenting and Second Parenthood
 
Social Networking and the Use of Social Media
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 10: Work 
Introduction
 
Industrial Gerontology
 
Current Workforce Trends in the United States and Other Industrialized Nations
 
Career Trajectories and Transitions Affecting Aging
 
Situational, Cultural, and Cohort Factors Influencing Workforce Participation
 
Work-Related Stressors and Adaptation Efforts
 
Skill Updating to Avoid Obsolescence and Job Loss
 
Discouraged Older Worker Syndrome and Resilience
 
Ageism, Age Discrimination, and Older Workers’ Rights and Responsibilities
 
The Future of an Aging Workforce: National and Global Trends
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 11: Retirement 
Introduction
 
Concepts/Theories Explaining Retirement Motivation
 
Types of Retirement Options and Associated Experiences
 
Health Factors and Gender Differences: Retirement Timing
 
Preretirement Attitudes and Retirement Preparation
 
Outcomes From Retirement: Short- and Long-Term Effects
 
Public Policy and Future Retirement Support Resources: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
  Chapter 12: Aging Well: Promoting Healthy Development Across the Life Span 
A Brief History of Successful Aging
 
Successful Aging Versus Healthy Aging
 
Pulling It All Together
 
Heterogeneity and Healthy Aging
 
Multidisciplinary Supports for Healthy Aging
 
Summary and Conclusion
 
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Index