Social structures, aging, and self-regulation in the elderly /

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Annotation Significant demographic changes are transforming the structure of today's American population to include a much larger proportion of older people. Factors such as immigration and changes in marriage, cohabitation, divorce, and childbearing are all affecting the roles of older people...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Pennsylvania State University. Gerontology Center
Otros Autores: Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-, Carstensen, Laura L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub., ©2006.
Colección:Societal impact on aging.
Temas:
Aging > Social aspects > Congresses.
Cognition in old age > Congresses.
Social ecology.
Older people.
Cognition.
Social Control, Informal
Social Environment
Aged
Cognition
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Congrès.
Cognition chez la personne âgée > Congrès.
Écologie sociale.
Personnes âgées.
human ecology.
elderly.
cognition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Aging > Social aspects.
Cognition in old age.
Bejaarden.
Cognitie.
Sociale relaties.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Societal influences that affect cognitive functioning in old age / Selam Negash and Ronald C. Petersen. Commentary: societal factors in cognitive aging: one eye wide shut? / Naftali Raz. Commentary: societal influences on cognition in historical context / K. Warner Schaie
  • Wisdom in social context / Ursula M. Staudinger, Eva-Marie Kessler and Jessica Dörner. Commentary: the dynamic relationship between age stereotypes and wisdom in old age / Becca R. Levy and Corey Pilver
  • Social influences on adult personality, self-regulation, and health / Daniel K. Mroczek [and others]. Commentary: from kindling to conflagration: self-regulation and personality change / Brent W. Roberts. Commentary: can self-regulation explain age differences in daily, weekly, and monthly reports of psychological distress? / David M. Almeida, Daniel K. Mroczek, and Michelle Neiss
  • Social norms, rules of thumb, and retirement: evidence for rationality in retirement planning / Gary Burtless. Commentary: modeling the retirement decision / Joseph F. Quinn. Commentary: numbers are just numbers / Ellen Peters
  • Race and self-regulatory health behaviors: the role of the stress response and the HPA axis in physical and mental health disparities / James S. Jackson and Katherine M. Knight. Commentary: mechanisms of health disparities: variations in health care provider attitudes and their impact on older minority adults / Stephanie L. Garrett and Toni P. Miles. Commentary: adding paths to resilience and daily accounts to an already rich field of inquiry: a brief commentary on James Jackson's "Social structure and health disparities" / Alex J. Zautra, Kate E. Murray, and Brendt P. Parish.

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