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Lighter as we go : virtues, character strengths, and aging /
The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes. And there is something to worry about, though it isn't what you'd expect: research shows that having a bad attitu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Lighter as We Go; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over Time; 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me'ness; 2. A Look at the Grownup Years: Early, Middle, and Later Adulthood; 3. Character Strengths and Virtues; 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A Brief History of Aging in the Western World; Part II The Virtues; 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self; 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the Oy.
- 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto Others8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve; 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't Know; 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (Almost); 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future; Part III Putting the Virtues to Work; 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social Isolation; 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders; Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings; Index.