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Adulthood and aging [electronic resource]

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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 maintain crucial continuities by adaptive change. Topics include adult life crises, illness, sibling relationships, and gender identity. Each chapter is followed by an insightful commentary. This book is a tribute to Bernice L. Neugarten for her contributions to the field of adult development, which inc

Title Adulthood and aging [electronic resource] : research on continuities and discontinuities / Vern L. Bengtson, editor.
Publisher New York : Springer Pub.
Creation Date c1996
Notes "A tribute to Bernice Neugarten."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (416 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010717346205171
MARC RECORDS

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