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The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of adulthood and aging / [electronic resource]
by Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; Sliwinski, Martin J.
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BookSeries: Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology: Publisher: Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 562 pages) : illustrations, maps.ISBN: 9781444347593; 1444347594; 9781444347623; 1444347624; 9781444347609; 1444347608.Other title: Handbook of adulthood and aging.Subject(s): Aging -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Adulthood -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Gerontology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology | Adulthood | Aging | Gerontology | Alterspsychologie | Aufsatzsammlung | Alterspsychologie | Aufsatzsammlung | Electronic books | Handbooks and manualsOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
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Summary: This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years. Covers a wide range of topics within adult development and aging, from theoretical perspectives to specific content areasIncludes newly commissioned essays from the top researchers in the fieldTakes a biopsychosocial perspective, covering the biological, psychological and social changes that occur in adulthood.
pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Physical changes and health -- pt. 3. Cognition -- pt. 4. Personality -- pt. 5. Abnormal aging -- pt. 6. Social processes -- pt. 7. Well-being and creativity.
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