Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines.
The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults.

Contains all the main areas of psychological gerontological research in one volumeEntire section on neuroscience and agingBegins with a section on theory and methodsEdited by one of the father of gerontology (Schaie) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology

Part I: Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging 1. Concepts and theory in the psychology of aging Roger Dixon, University of Alberta 2. Methodology, attrition, meta-analysis and data imputation Emilio Ferrer, University of California at Davis 3. Historical influences on aging and behavior K. Warner Schaie, University of Washington

Part II. Neuroscience, cognition and aging 4. Executive function and cognitive aging Mary Lucscz, Flinders University 5. Structural imaging and cognitive aging Karen Rodrigue and Kristen Kennedy, U of Texas at Dallas6. Cognitive aging and neurogenetics William Kremen, UCSD and Michael Lyons, Boston University 7. Neuroplasticity of cognitive function with age Denise Park, University of Texas at Dallas 8. Memory: Normal and pathological changes with age Lars Nyberg, University of Umea and Lars Bäckman, Karolinska Institutet 9. Complex decision making Ellen Peters, Decision Research and University of Oregon 10. Cognitive interventions Elizabeth Stein-Morrow, University of Illinois

Part III: Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging11. Control, health and aging Margie Lachman, Bradndeis University 12. Stress and aging David Almeida, Pennsylvania State University 13. Health disparities, social class and aging Keith Whitfield. Duke University 14 . Adult Inter-generational relations Karen Fingerman, Purdue University 15. Wisdom, aging and wellbeing Monika Ardelt, University of Florida.16. Age stereotypes and aging Mary Lee Hummert, University of Kansas 17, Communications, elderspeak, and aging Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara 18. Work and aging Ursula Staudinger, Jacobs University, Bremen 19. Emotion and aging Susan T. Charles 20. Psychopathology, grief and aging, Susan Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 21. Psychological assessment of emotional distress, personality disorders, personality and aging Barry Edelstein, West Virginia University, and Dan Segal, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 22. Neuropsychological assessment of the dementias of late life Jennifer Manly, Columbia University, Stephanie Consentino and Adam Brickma 23. Caregiving and the older caregiver Bob Knight, Universitty of Southern California 24. Legal competency assessment and geroforensic psychology Jenifer Moye, Harvard Medical School