基本説明
Provides cross-disciplinary, integrative approaches to aging theory. This edition includes a section dedicated to discussing how aging theory informs public policy, and includes predictions about the future of theory development. For clinicians. 1st ed.: c1999.
Contributors include: James Birren, Gary Kenyon, Caleb Finch, Diana Woodruff-Pak, Paul B. Baltes, Margret Baltes, Laura Carstensen, Timothy Salthouse, Gisela Labouvie-Vief, Christine Fry, Dale Dannefer, Margaret Gatz, among others.
Full Description
The purpose of this Handbook is to advance the development and applications of theories of aging. It is a guide to those who wish to build on their knowledge of aging theory in order to better understand their findings about processes of aging. A useful resource for both students and professionals, this book represents the current status of theoretical development in the study of aging.The chapters in this volume are commissioned from scholars whose research in aging has achieved international recognition, and who are concerned with the advancement of cross-disciplinary theorizing in the field. The chapters include: Dynamic Integration Theory: Emotion, Cognition, and Equilibrium in Later Life; Cognitive Control Theory of Aging and Emotional Well-Being; Theorizing Feminist Gerontology, Sexuality and Beyond; and, From Industrialism to Institutionalism: Theoretical Accounts of Aging.
