| Description |
xv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development ; [4] |
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European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development (Series) ; 4.
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| Note |
Texts emanate from workshops organized by the European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Psychological perspectives on successful aging : the model of selective optimization with compensation / Paul B. Baltes and Margret M. Baltes -- Medical perspectives upon successful aging / James F. Fries -- Successful aging in a post-retired society / David L. Featherman, Jacqui Smith, and James G. Peterson -- The optimization of cognitive functioning in old age : predictions based on cohort-sequential and longitudinal data / K. Warner Schaie -- The optimization of episodic remembering in old age / Lars Bäckman, Timo Mäntylä, and Agneta Herlitz -- Peak performance and age : an examination of peak performance in sports / K. Anders Ericsson -- Personal control over development and quality of life perspectives in adulthood / Jochen Brandtstädter and Bernhard Baltes-Götz. |
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Successful mastery of bereavement and widowhood : a life-course perspective / Camille B. Wortman and Roxane Cohen Silver -- The Bonn longitudinal study of aging : coping, life adjustment, and life satisfaction / Georg Rudinger and Hans Thomae -- Risk and protective factors in the transition to young adulthood / Barbara Maughan and Lorna Champion -- Avoiding negative life outcomes : evidence from a forty-five year study / George E. Vaillant -- Developmental behavioral genetics and successful aging / Nancy L. Pedersen and Jennifer R. Harris. |
| Summary |
Based on research by the European Network on Longitudinal Studies, this book offers new insights into the nature of successful ageing, covering post-retirement society, cognitive functioning, memory, control of development and quality of life, widowhood and behavioural genetics. |
| Subject |
Older people -- Longitudinal studies.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects -- Longitudinal studies.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Longitudinal studies.
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Aged -- psychology.
(DNLM)D000368Q000523
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Aging -- psychology.
(DNLM)D000375Q000523
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Longitudinal Studies. (DNLM)D008137
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00800327
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Older people. (OCoLC)fst01199093
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
(OCoLC)fst01199538
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Alter (DE-588)4001446-0
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Altern (DE-588)4068596-2
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Alterspsychologie (DE-588)4142056-1
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Gesundheit (DE-588)4020754-7
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Lebensbewältigung (DE-588)4201923-0
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Lebenslauf (DE-588)4034869-6
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Psychosoziale Situation (DE-588)4176265-4
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Zufriedenheit (DE-588)4129186-4
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Aufsatzsammlung (DE-588)4143413-4
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Veroudering (biologie, psychologie)
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Alter.
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| Indexed Term |
Humans Ageing |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Longitudinal studies. (OCoLC)fst01423812
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| Added Author |
Baltes, Paul B.
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Baltes, Margret M.
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European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development.
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| ISBN |
0521374545 |
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9780521374545 |
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