The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Adulthood and Aging

Susan K. Whitbourne, Martin J, Sliwinski

John Wiley & Sons, Feb 13, 2012 - Psychology - 584 pages

This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years.

• Covers a wide range of topics within adult development and aging, from theoretical perspectives to specific content areas
• Includes newly commissioned essays from the top researchers in the field
• Takes a biopsychosocial perspective, covering the biological, psychological and social changes that occur in adulthood

Contents

• A Biopsychosocial Approach to Positive Aging: 3
• Behavioral and Social Implications: 25
• A Venue for Studying the Mechanisms by Which: 49
• Methodological Issues in Research on Adult Development and Aging: 72
• Physical Exercise and Health: 97
• Processing Speed: 135
• Working Memory: 154
• Memory and Aging: 174
• Everyday Cognition: 190
• Personality Development in Adulthood: 211
• Socioemotional Perspectives on Adult Development: 236
• Cognitive Perspectives and Processes: 254
• The View Through a Developmental Lens: 275
• Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias: 293
• Personality Disorders in Later Life: 312
• Assessment of Older Adults: 331
• The Gyroscope: 357
• Partners and Friends in Adulthood: 381
• Intergenerational Relationships and Aging: 399
• An Adult Development Perspective: 416
• Effects of Remaining Time for Psychological WellBeing and Cognition: 433
• Successful Aging: 459
• An Age Decrement or Not?: 477
• Author Index: 497
• Subject Index: 527

About the author

Susan Krauss Whitbourne is Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of numerous publications including Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders (6th edition, with R. P. Halgin, 2009), Adult Development and Aging: Biopsychosocial Perspectives (4th Edition, Wiley, 2011, with S. B. Whitbourne), and The Search for Fulfillment (2010).

Martin Sliwinski is Director of the Gerontology Center and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He has written extensively on the relationship of stress and disease to health, emotional well-being, and cognitive function across the adult lifespan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Adulthood and Aging; Volume 30 of Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology
• Editors: Susan K. Whitbourne, Martin J, Sliwinski
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1444331477, 9781444331479
• Length: 584 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging; Psychology / General