Process of Aging : Social and Psychological Perspectives / by David Popenoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popenoe, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Aging.

Older people--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,191 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [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.

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

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

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

Part Five: Relations with Family and Society

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

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

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

Name Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-12746-6

1-351-49650-6

1-351-49651-4

9781315127460

OCLC:

1060523972