Middle Adulthood: A Lifespan PerspectiveSherry L. Willis, Mike Martin SAGE Publications, 23 jun 2005 - 440 pagina's "This book is unique because of the focus on longitudinal studies and international perspectives . . . There is no other book like it . . . This book will be useful both as an advanced undergraduate or graduate course text and as a resource for scholars."
Middle Adulthood is designed for scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the field of adult development and aging. It is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying midlife development in the departments of Developmental Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, Gerontology, Family Diversity, and Health. |
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... Kohli and Harald Künemund PART II: EARLY LIFE INFLUENCES ON MIDDLEAGE 3. Genetic Influences on Midlife Functioning Nancy L. Pedersen, Erica L. Spotts, and Kenji Kato 4. Personality in Young Adulthood and Functioning in Middle Age Lea ...
... Kohli 11. Metacognition in Midlife Christopher Hertzog and Roger A. Dixon PART IV: SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 12. Midlife Development: Past, Present, and Future Directions Mike Martin and Sherry L. Willis Author Index Subject Index ...
... Kohli and Künemund provide a demographic perspective of the midlife generation, using data from the specific cultural context of Germany. The chapters in Part II of the book focus on longitudinal studies documenting the impact of early ...
... Kohli draws on data from both European studies and anthropological data from non-Western societies, in Chapter 10, to discuss development of identity in midlife and the associated gains and losses. Hertzog and Dixon, in Chapter 11 ...
... (Kohli, 1988). Although the idea that the life course could be separated into different stages has been prevalent for millennia, these notions—as will be shown in more detail later in the chapter—are quite diverse and do not allow one to ...
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Early Life Influences on Middle Age | 63 |
3 Genetic Influences on Midlife Functioning | 65 |
4 Personality in Young Adulthood and Functioning in Middle Age | 99 |
5 Impact of Past Transitions on WellBeing in Middle Age | 143 |
6 Cognitive Development in Midlife | 179 |
7 The Development of Physical and Mental Health From Late Midlife to Early Old Age | 209 |
9 SelfDevelopment at Midlife | 277 |
10 Middle Age and Identity in a Cultural and Lifespan Perspective | 319 |
11 Metacognition in Midlife | 355 |
Summary and Future Directions | 381 |
12 Midlife Development | 383 |
Author Index | 391 |
Subject Index | 407 |
8 Cognitive Trajectories in Midlife and Cognitive Functioning in Old Age | 243 |