Handbook of aging and the family /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 509 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1735251 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Lillian E. Troll
- Preface / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
- Pt. I. Background. 1. The Family Context of Aging: Trends and Challenges / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford. 2. Historical Perspectives on the Family and Aging / Tamara K. Hareven. 3. Aging and the Family: Present and Future Demographic Issues / Kevin Kinsella
- Pt. II. Theoretical Frameworks and Research Methods. 4. The Family of the Second Half of Life: Connecting Theories and Findings / Bertram J. Cohler and Karen Altergott. 5. Family Relations and Individual Development in Adulthood and Aging / Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer. 6. Feminist Perspectives on Social Gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata. 7. Family Dynamics and the Leisure Experiences of Older Adults: Theoretical Viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer. 8. Methods and Analysis of Family Data / David J. Mangen
- Pt. III. Family Relationships. 9. Marriage and Close Relationships of the Marital Kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck. 10. Sibling Relationships in Middle and Old Age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford. 11. Aged Parents and Aging Children: Determinants of Relationship Quality / J. Jill Suitor, Karl Pillemer, Shirley Keeton and Julie Robison. 12. Grandparenting in an Era of Rapid Change / Joan F. Robertson
- Pt. IV. The Context of Family Life. 13. U.S. Old-Age Policy and the Family / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas. 14. Legal Issues and Family Involvement in Later-Life Families / Robbyn R. Wacker. 15. Cultural Diversity in the Late-Life Family / Colleen L. Johnson. 16. Aging and Kinship in Rural Context / B. Jan McCulloch. 17. Convoys of Social Relations: Family and Friendships within a Life Span Context / Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama
- Pt. V. Turning Points and Interventions. 18. Families and Retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt. 19. The Effects of Illness on the Family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer. 20. Death and Bereavement / Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss. 21. Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson. 22. Families and Formal Networks / Shirley S. Travis. 23. Clinical Interventions with Later-Life Families / Sara Honn Qualls.