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The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging

Author : Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 969 pages

File Size : 27,45 MB

Release : 2019-01-24

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1108641431

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Book Description

Recent studies show that more people than ever before are reaching old age in better health and enjoying that health for a longer time. This Handbook outlines the latest discoveries in the study of aging from bio-medicine, psychology, and socio-demography. It treats the study of aging as a multidisciplinary scientific subject, since it requires the interplay of broad disciplines, while offering high motivation, positive attitudes, and behaviors for aging well, and lifestyle changes that will help people to stay healthier across life span and in old age. Written by leading scholars from various academic disciplines, the chapters delve into the most topical aspects of aging today - including biological mechanisms of aging, aging with health, active and productive aging, aging with satisfaction, aging with respect, and aging with dignity. Aimed at health professionals as well as general readers, this Cambridge Handbook offers a new, positive approach to later life.





Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life

Author : Fermina Rojo-Pérez

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 656 pages

File Size : 14,16 MB

Release : 2021-04-12

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3030580318

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This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com./div



The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging

Author : Ayanna K. Thomas

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 1048 pages

File Size : 42,19 MB

Release : 2020-05-28

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1108690742

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Decades of research have demonstrated that normal aging is accompanied by cognitive change. Much of this change has been conceptualized as a decline in function. However, age-related changes are not universal, and decrements in older adult performance may be moderated by experience, genetics, and environmental factors. Cognitive aging research to date has also largely emphasized biological changes in the brain, with less evaluation of the range of external contributors to behavioral manifestations of age-related decrements in performance. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge cognitive aging research through the lens of a life course perspective that takes into account both behavioral and neural changes. Focusing on the fundamental principles that characterize a life course approach - genetics, early life experiences, motivation, emotion, social contexts, and lifestyle interventions - this handbook is an essential resource for researchers in cognition, aging, and gerontology.



Successful Aging

Author : John Wallis Rowe

Publisher : Random House Large Print Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,31 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Aging

ISBN : 9780375701795

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Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later life.



Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Author : K Warner Schaie

Publisher : Academic Press

Page : 436 pages

File Size : 46,99 MB

Release : 2010-12-21

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0123808839

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The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults. - Contains all the main areas of psychological gerontological research in one volume - Entire section on neuroscience and aging - Begins with a section on theory and methods - Edited by one of the father of gerontology (Schaie) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology



The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom

Author : Robert J. Sternberg

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 36,1 MB

Release : 2019-03-21

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1108759149

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This is a comprehensive review of the psychological literature on wisdom by leading experts in the field. It covers the philosophical and sociocultural foundations of wisdom, and showcases the measurement and teaching of wisdom. The connection of wisdom to intelligence and personality is explained alongside its relationship with morality and ethics. It also explores the neurobiology of wisdom, its significance in medical decision-making, and wise leadership. How to develop wisdom is discussed and practical information is given about how to instil it in others. The book is accessible to a wide readership and includes virtually all of the major theories of wisdom, as well as the full range of research on wisdom as it is understood today. It takes both a basic-science and applied focus, making it useful to those seeking to understand wisdom scientifically, and to those who wish to apply their understanding of wisdom to their own work.



Handbook on Immunosenescence

Author : Tamas Fulop

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 1693 pages

File Size : 33,75 MB

Release : 2009-02-27

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1402090633

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Book Description

This authoritative handbook covers all aspects of immunosenescence, with contributions from experts in the research and clinical areas. It examines methods and models for studying immunosenescence; genetics; mechanisms including receptors and signal transduction; clinical relevance in disease states including infections, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, neurodegenerative diseases, frailty and osteoporosis; and much more.



The Handbook of Stress and Health

Author : Cary Cooper

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 730 pages

File Size : 14,11 MB

Release : 2017-02-07

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1118993799

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Book Description

A comprehensive work that brings together and explores state-of-the-art research on the link between stress and health outcomes. Offers the most authoritative resource available, discussing a range of stress theories as well as theories on preventative stress management and how to enhance well-being Timely given that stress is linked to seven of the ten leading causes of death in developed nations, yet paradoxically successful adaptation to stress can enable individuals to flourish Contributors are an international panel of authoritative researchers and practitioners in the various specialty subjects addressed within the work



Successful Aging

Author : Paul Boris Baltes

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 33,39 MB

Release : 1993-05-28

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780521435826

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Book Description

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.