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Handbook of the Psychology of Aging,

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Editors: K Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis

Publication Date: 23 Jul 2021

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Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Ninth Edition tackles both the biological and environmental influences on behavior and the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior that span the adult lifespan. This information is very important to many features of daily life, from workplace to family, and in public policy matters. It is complex and new questions are continually raised about how behavior changes with age. Providing perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for diverse disciplines, the handbook explains how the role of behavior is organized and how it changes over the course of life.

Along with parallel advances in research methodology, it explicates in great detail, patterns and sub-patterns of behavior over the lifespan, and how it affects biological, health and social interactions.

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Covers preclinical neuropathology
Examines age and sex differences in the process of aging
Considers financial decision-making and capacity
Explores mental health issues related to death and dying
Discusses technology for older adults

About the author

K Warner Schaie, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and Sherry L. Willis, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Part I Concepts, Theories, Methods

1. History of adult cognitive aging research
K. WARNER SCHAIE

2. Measurement and models for multi-timescale psychological processes in aging research
STEVEN M. BOKER AND JOHN R. NESSELROADE

Part II Bio-psychosocial Factors in Aging

3. Functional connectivity in aging
FRANZISKUS LIEM, LINDA GEERLIGS, JESSICA S. DAMOISEAUX AND DANIEL S. MARGULIES

4. Memory: behavior and neural basis
CINDY LUSTIG AND ZIYONG LIN

5. Executive functions and neurocognitive aging
PATRICIA A. REUTER-LORENZ, SARA B. FESTINI AND TIFFANY K. JANTZ

6. Pain in older adults
ANN L. HORGAS AND AMANDA F. ELLIOTT

7. Sleep, neurocognition, and aging, including secular trends in older adult sleep
A. CATHERINE MCCALL AND F. NATHANIELWATSON

8. The final challenge of aging: Death and dying
MOLLY MAXFIELD, EVA-MARIA STELZER AND JEFF GREENBERG

Part III Behavioral Processes

9. Smartphones, robots, and social media: aging with communication technologies
CHENG CHEN, MICHAEL L. KRIEGER AND S. SHYAM SUNDAR

10. Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: past, present, and future
MANFRED DIEHL, ALLYSON F. BROTHERS AND HANS-WERNERWAHL

11. Gender diversity in later life
JENNIFER L. O’ BRIEN AND SUSAN KRAUSS WHITBOURNE

12. Financial decision-making and capacity in older adults
DANIEL C. MARSON, DEBORAH L. KERR AND DONALD G. MCLAREN

13. The older worker: gender and age discrimination in the workplace
STEPHANE P. FRANCIOLI AND MICHAEL S. NORTH

14. Remembering the personal past across adulthood
NICOLE ALEA, SUSAN BLUCK AND SHUBAM SHARMA

Part IV Complex Processes

15. Psychological assessment of neurocognitive disorders
BRIAN P. YOCHIM AND BENJAMIN T. MAST

16. Family care exchanges across the life span
CYNTHIA A. BERG, CAITLIN S. KELLY AND REBECCA L. UTZ

17. Stress, coping, and aging
CAROLYN M. ALDWIN, LORIENA YANCURA AND HYUNYUP LEE

18. Resilience in midlife and aging
KAARIN J. ANSTEY AND ROGER A. DIXON

19. Successful aging: an obscure but obvious construct
RACHEL PRUCHNO

20. Cognitive functioning and dementia prevalence in baby boomers and adjacent cohorts:
Longitudinal and cohort effects
SHERRY L. WILLIS AND K. WARNER SCHAIE

ISBN: 9780128160947

Page Count: 382

Retail Price (USD) :

9780128159705; 9780128159620

Clinicians, researchers, and students in gerontology, developmental psychology, psychiatry, sociology, biology, and other related health care professions tasked with caring for the aging population

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging,

Editors: K Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis

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