Process of aging : social and psychological perspectives /

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Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Older people. Aging. Older people -- Psychology. Aging Aging. Older people. Older people -- Psychology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13562859

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Other authors / contributors:	Williams, Richard Hays, 1912-1988, editor. Tibbitts, Clark, 1903-1985, editor. Donahue, Wilma T. (Wilma Thompson), 1900-1993, editor.
ISBN:	9781315127460 1315127466 9780202363035
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 05, 2018).
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.

Table of Contents:

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.
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.
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.

Process of aging : social and psychological perspectives /

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