Descrição
Based on papers presented by the European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development, this volume analyzes successful aging from a medical or public health viewpoint as optimizing life expectancy while minimizing physical, psychological and social morbidity. – CONTENTS.: Foreword; Preface; 1. Psychological perspectives on successful aging: the model of selective optimization with compensation; 2. Medical perspectives upon successful aging; 3. Successful aging in a post-retired society; 4. The optimization of cognitive functioning in old age: predictions based on cohort-sequential and longitudinal data; 5. The optimization of episodic remembering in old age; 6. Peak performance and age: an examination of peak performance in sports; 7. Personal control over development and quality of life perspectives in adulthood; 8. Successful mastery of bereavement and widowhood: a life-course perspective; 9. The Bonn longitudinal study of aging: coping, life adjustment, and life satisfaction; 10. Risk and protective factors in the transition to young adulthood; 11. Avoiding negative life outcomes: evidence from a forty-five year study; 12. Developing behavioural genetics and successful aging; Name index; Subject index.
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- Paperback : 410 pages
- ISBN-10 : 052143582X
- ISBN-13 : 9780521435826
- Obs.: Livro sem uso, com paginas amareladas e um pouco sujas pelo tempo – capa, contracapa, bordas e paginas integras. sem marcas, grifos, marcações ou qualquer tipo de detalhe que possa interferir na leitura ou pesquisa – Conteudo perfeito
