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1 online resource (x, 206 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Holding onto meaning through the life cycle / Peter Marris -- The third age / Robert L. Rubinstein -- The changing meaning of aging / Harry R. Moody -- Social sources of meaning in later life / Richard A. Settersten, Jr. -- Aging, place, and meaning in the face of changing circumstances / Graham D. Rowles & Hege Ravdal -- Bringers of Allah : the Druse elders / David Gutmann -- Aging, intimate relationships, and life story among gay men / Bertram J. Cohler & Andrew J. Hostetler -- Looking for meaning in a life's experience / Robert Morris -- The search for meaning in the later years : the views of a seventy-four-year-old gerontological social worker / Rose Dobrof -- Epilogue : Concluding note on meaning and the possibility of productive aging / Robert S. Weiss & Scott A. Bass. |
| Summary |
This volume addresses issues of the Third Age -- that time after retirement when financial stability and reduced obligations to others, together, allow for freedom -- and good health makes it possible to enjoy that freedom. This title aims to answer questions such as: how, in this special time of life, is meaning and purpose to be found? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age.
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Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age. |
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Older people -- Psychology. |
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Meaning (Psychology)
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Meaning (Psychology) |
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Aging -- psychology. |
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Aged. |
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Goals. |
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Quality of Life. |
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Self Concept. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Weiss, Robert Stuart, 1925-
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Bass, Scott A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Challenges of the third age. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 (DLC) 00027170 |
| ISBN |
1602567263 |
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9781602567269 |
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9780195348682 (electronic book) |
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0195348680 (electronic book) |
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1280473029 |
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9781280473029 |
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0195133390 (Cloth) |
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