Preface |
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Publisher's Acknowledgments |
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About the Authors |
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1 Studying Growth and Change Across the Life Span |
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Principles of Life Span Development |
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2 | (4) |
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The Multidimensional Nature of Age |
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7 | (3) |
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Developmental Research Methods: Disentangling Chronological Age, Historical Period, and Generational Cohort |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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2 Biological Aging, Health, and Longevity |
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Why Do We Age? Theories of Biological Aging |
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Age-Related Changes in Vison |
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21 | (5) |
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Age-Related Changes in Audition |
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26 | (1) |
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Age-Related Changes in Gustation |
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26 | (1) |
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Age-Related Changes in Olfaction |
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27 | (2) |
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Age-Related Changes in Somesthesis |
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29 | (1) |
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Specific Chronic Health Conditions |
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30 | (1) |
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Everyday Experience of Biological Aging |
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31 | (1) |
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Life Expectancy and Life Span |
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31 | (4) |
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From Theory to Application: Life Extension and Health Span |
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35 | (2) |
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Integrating Across Topics |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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3 Cognitive Development Across Adulthood |
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40 | (21) |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Crystallized (Gc) and Fluid (Gf) Abilities |
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42 | (1) |
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Seattle Longitudinal Study and Primary Mental Abilities |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (3) |
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Information-Processing Approaches to Cognition |
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48 | (1) |
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Noncognitive Influences on Cognitive Aging |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (2) |
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Optimizing Cognition in Adulthood |
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54 | (2) |
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Other Frameworks Related to Cognitive Aging |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (2) |
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4 Coping and Resiliency in Adulthood |
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61 | (24) |
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Life Events as Causes of Change |
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61 | (1) |
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Stress and Coping in Adulthood |
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62 | (5) |
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Coping With Loss in Adulthood: An Overview |
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67 | (3) |
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Influences on How We Cope With Loss: How Death Is Defined |
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70 | (2) |
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The Meaning We Attach to Death and Dying Influences How We Cope With Loss |
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72 | (1) |
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Responses to Death and Dying as Influences on Coping With Loss |
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73 | (1) |
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Coping With and Surviving Loss |
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74 | (9) |
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83 | (2) |
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5 Personality and Emotional Regulation |
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85 | (23) |
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85 | (1) |
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Defining Personality in Adulthood |
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86 | (2) |
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Stability and Change: Stage and Non-Stage Theories of Traits |
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88 | (2) |
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The "Big Five" and Other Personality Models |
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90 | (1) |
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Observable Behaviors and Impression Management |
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91 | (2) |
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Resiliency in Adjustment to Aging |
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93 | (2) |
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Defining Emotional Regulation in Later Life |
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95 | (3) |
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Emotional Intelligence and Self-Control |
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98 | (2) |
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Self-Determination and Personal Growth |
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100 | (1) |
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Different Emotional Coping Styles and Strategies |
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101 | (1) |
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Emotional Adaptation to Aging-Related Losses and Changes |
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102 | (2) |
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Therapeutic Interventions to Support Positive Aging Adjustment |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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6 Mental Health and Intervention |
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108 | (22) |
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Mental Health in Adulthood |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (4) |
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The Course of Alzheimer's Disease |
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114 | (1) |
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Mild Cognitive Impairment |
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115 | (1) |
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Disorders That Mimic Dementia |
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116 | (1) |
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Common Functional Disorders |
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117 | (1) |
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The Mental Health Challenges Faced by College Students |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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Other Functional Disorders |
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120 | (1) |
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Drug Use and Abuse Among Younger and Older Persons |
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121 | (1) |
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Therapeutic Interventions With Adults and Older Persons |
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122 | (1) |
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Goals for Therapy With Adults |
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122 | (2) |
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Therapies With Adults and Older Persons |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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7 The Social-Environmental Context of Adulthood and Aging |
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Understanding and Describing the Environment |
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130 | (3) |
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Transactions With the Environment |
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133 | (1) |
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Person-Environment Interaction |
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134 | (2) |
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Adult Development in Context |
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136 | (1) |
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Influences on the Developmental Niche in Adulthood: The Healthy and Not-So-Healthy |
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137 | (2) |
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Real-Life Applications of Person-Environment Fit and Developmental Niche |
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139 | (1) |
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Making Choices About Alternative Paths of Adult Development |
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140 | (1) |
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Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Young Adulthood |
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140 | (3) |
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Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Middle Adulthood |
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143 | (7) |
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Developmental Tasks in Adulthood: Late Adulthood |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (5) |
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Older Adults' Involvement in the Community |
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157 | (2) |
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Enhancing Older Persons' Use of Services and Programs |
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159 | (1) |
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Person-Environment Fit and Quality of Life in Late Adulthood |
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160 | (1) |
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Societal Intervention as Environmental Change |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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8 Interpersonal Relationships: Our Personal Network of Support |
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164 | (28) |
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Technology and Social Support |
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165 | (1) |
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Aging and Convoy Membership |
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165 | (1) |
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Functions of Social Convoys |
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166 | (2) |
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Negative Interpersonal Interactions |
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168 | (1) |
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Intergenerational Relationships: A Key Dimension of Our Convoy of Support |
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168 | (1) |
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Functions of Intergenerational Relationships |
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169 | (1) |
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Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children |
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170 | (3) |
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Caregiving in an Intergenerational Context |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (1) |
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Grandparents as Caregivers |
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177 | (1) |
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Gender Differences in Social Support |
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178 | (1) |
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Cultural Variations in the Intergenerational Kinship Network |
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178 | (1) |
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Educational Implications of Intergenerational Relationships |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Interest-Related and Deep Friendships |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (2) |
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Remarriage Among Widows and Widowers |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (4) |
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Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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9 Socialization and the Family |
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192 | (25) |
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192 | (1) |
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Defining Socialization in Adulthood |
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193 | (3) |
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Socializing Effects of Age (Cohort), Gender, and Culture |
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196 | (1) |
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Interpersonal Relationships in Adulthood |
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197 | (1) |
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Partner Selection and Marriage |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (3) |
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Relationship Satisfaction |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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Defining Family in Later Life: Biological and Nonbiological Ties |
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207 | (1) |
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Aging Family Roles and Transitions |
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207 | (2) |
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Structural Changes and Adaptations: Divorce, Remarriage, and Blended Forms |
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209 | (1) |
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Grandparenting and Second Parenthood |
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210 | (1) |
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Social Networking and the Use of Social Media |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (21) |
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217 | (4) |
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221 | (1) |
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Current Workforce Trends in the United States and Other Industrialized Nations |
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222 | (5) |
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Career Trajectories and Transitions Affecting Aging |
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227 | (1) |
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Situational, Cultural, and Cohort Factors Influencing Workforce Participation |
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228 | (2) |
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Work-Related Stressors and Adaptation Efforts |
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230 | (1) |
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Skill Updating to Avoid Obsolescence and Job Loss |
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231 | (1) |
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Discouraged Older Worker Syndrome and Resilience |
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232 | (1) |
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Ageism, Age Discrimination, and Older Workers' Rights and Responsibilities |
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233 | (2) |
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The Future of an Aging Workforce: National and Global Trends |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (18) |
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238 | (8) |
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Concepts/Theories Explaining Retirement Motivation |
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246 | (1) |
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Types of Retirement Options and Associated Experiences |
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247 | (1) |
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Health Factors and Gender Differences: Retirement Timing |
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248 | (2) |
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Preretirement Attitudes and Retirement Preparation |
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250 | (2) |
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Outcomes From Retirement: Short- and Long-Term Effects |
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252 | (2) |
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Public Policy and Future Retirement Support Resources: A Cost-Benefit Analysis |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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12 Aging Well: Promoting Healthy Development Across the Life Span |
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256 | (17) |
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A Brief History of Successful Aging |
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258 | (1) |
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Successful Aging Versus Healthy Aging |
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259 | (9) |
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268 | (1) |
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Heterogeneity and Healthy Aging |
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269 | (1) |
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Multidisciplinary Supports for Healthy Aging |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
Glossary |
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273 | (18) |
References |
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Index |
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