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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Cover -- Volume 01 -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part 1. Psychological Capacities -- Introduction -- Section I: Studies of Cognition -- Chapter 1. Intellectual Capacities, Aging, and Man's Environment -- Chapter 2. Psychological and Psychomotor Functions in Aging -- Chapter 3. Information Transmission and Age -- Chapter 4. Experimental-Clinical Method and the Cognitive Disorders of the Senium -- Chapter 5. Age Differences in Conceptual Abilities -- Section II: Psychophysiological Problems -- Chapter 6. Social, Psychological, and Physiological Gerontology-An Experimental Psychologist's Approach -- Chapter 7. Cognitive Tasks in Several Modalities -- Chapter 8. The Halstead Index and Differential Aging -- Chapter 9. Psychophysiological Techniques in the Study ofthe Aged -- Chapter 10. Assessing Biological Age -- Section III: Psychological Environment -- Chapter 11. Appraising Environment -- Chapter 12. Environment and Meaningful Activity -- Chapter 13. Sixty-five and Over -- Chapter 14. Expectations of Supervisors Concerning Older Workers -- Part 2. Successful aging -- Introduction -- Chapter 15. The Concept of Adjustment in Old Age -- Chapter 16. Successful Aging -- Chapter 17. Personality and the Aging Process -- Chapter 18. Styles of Life and Successful Aging -- Part 3. Psychopathology of Aging -- Introduction -- Section I: Diagnosis and Classification -- Chapter 19. Diagnostic and Nosological Aspects of Mental Disorder in Old Age -- Chapter 20. Schizophrenias of Old Age -- Chapter 21. Patterns of Geriatric Mental Illness -- Section II: Psychological Processes and Variables -- Chapter 22. On Becoming an Institutionalized Aged Person -- Chapter 23. The Influence of Age on Schizophrenia -- Section III: Coping with the Psychopathologies of the Aged. |
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Chapter 24. The Follow-Up Method in the Management of Aged Psychiatric Patients -- Chapter 25. Community and Hospital Care of the Mentally III -- Chapter 26. Rehabilitation of Long-Term Aged Patients -- Part 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 27. Implications for Future Research -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- Volume 02 -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part Five: Relations with Family and Society -- Introduction -- Section I: Methodological Considerations -- Chapter 28: National Studies of Older People in the United States -- Chapter 29: Longitudinal Studies in Social Gerontology -- Section II: Substantive Studies -- Chapter 30: Social System and the Problem of Aging -- Chapter 31: The Older Person in Family, Community, and Society -- Chapter 32: The Transition from Extended Families to Nuclear Families -- Chapter 33: The Impact of Age on Attitudes toward Social Change -- Chapter 34: Attitudes toward Special Settings for the Aged -- Part Six: Social Factors in Psychiatric Disorders -- Introduction -- Section I: Epidemiology and Ecology -- Chapter 35: Epidemiology of Old-Age Psychiatric Disorders -- Chapter 36: Social and Epidemiological Aspects of Suicide with Special Reference to the Aged -- Chapter 37: Aging and Mental Health in Hong Kong -- Section II: Social Processes and Variables -- Chapter 38: Adjustment of the Normal Aged -- Chapter 39: Some Social Dimensions of Psychiatric Disorders in Old Age -- Chapter 40: Hospitalization of the Elderly Psychiatrically III -- Chapter 41: Measuring Incapacity for Self-Care, Peter Townsend -- Part Seven: Economics, Health, and Retirement -- Introduction -- Section I: Employment-Patterns and Health -- Chapter 42: Work Patterns of Older People -- Chapter 43: Seniority Protection for Older Workers. |
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Chapter 44: Reflections on the Health and Employment of Older People -- Chapter 45: Occupational Health and Old Age -- Chapter 46: The Matrix of Health, Manpower, and Age -- Section II: Retirement-Attitudes, Influences, and Income -- Chapter 47: Retirement-Norms, Behavior, and Functional Aspects of Normative Behavior -- Chapter 48: Social Values and the Institutionalization of Retirement -- Chapter 49: Workers' and Employers' Attitudes toward Retirement Age and Pensions -- Chapter 50: Income Security, Retirement, and Pension-Deduction Rules -- Chapter 51: State Pensions and the Age of Retirement, Brian Abel-Smith -- Chapter 52: Income Security Programs and the Propensity to Retire -- Chapter 53: Occupation and Health -- Chapter 54: Levels of Living in Old Age-Basic Issues -- Chapter 55: Old-Age Pensions and Allowances in France -- Chapter 56: Recent Developments in Income Security Programs in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 57: Policies and Issues in Old-Age Income Security in the United States -- Chapter 58: Standard Budgets for Elderly Persons -- Part Eight: Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 59: Implications for Future Research -- Subject Index -- Name Index. |
| Summary |
Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives is based on a monumental series of studies on the psychological and social aspects of aging in relation to mental health. This effort gives scientists from North America and Europe an opportunity to explore the concepts, methodological problems, and conclusions of their researches in the rapidly growing field of gerontology. Much work has been done in an attempt to present this material in sequential and systematic fashion. Original work of sixty-six research workers from twelve countries is represented in this two-volume set. They offer an inventory of principal fields of gerontological research, in advanced countries. Human aging, in its many ramifications, is becoming one of the major areas of research interest among an increasing number of students in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Although the phenomena of aging were largely overlooked as subject matter for research during the early stages in the development of all basic sciences, it was inevitable that students would eventually become curious about the final processes of maturation. Events of recent years have hastened the need for social action on behalf of older people and, consequently, the need for scientific knowledge about their characteristics, circumstances, and requirements. Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives will be of interest to research workers, teachers, and advanced students concerned with the psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, and socioeconomic aspects of aging. Many of the theoretical and analytical discussions and the specific studies offer guidance for top-level planners and policy administrators in public agencies and voluntary organizations. This volume is highly sensitive to older people as such: how they feel about themselves and the world, and in the way they behave in relation to others. It is must reading in the health and welfare of aging. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Older people. |
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Aging.
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Aging. |
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Older people -- Psychology. |
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elderly. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
| Added Author |
Williams, Richard Hays, 1912-1988, editor.
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Tibbitts, Clark, 1903-1985, editor.
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Donahue, Wilma T. (Wilma Thompson), 1900-1993, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315127460 (electronic book) |
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1315127466 (electronic book) |
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9780202363035 |
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