Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Ninth Edition tackles both the biological and environmental influences on behavior and the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior that span the adult lifespan. This information is very important to many features of daily life, from workplace to family, and in public policy matters. It is complex and new questions are continually raised about how behavior changes with age. Providing perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for diverse disciplines, the handbook explains how the role of behavior is organized and how it changes over the course of life. Along with parallel advances in research methodology, it explicates in great detail, patterns and sub-patterns of behavior over the lifespan, and how it affects biological, health and social interactions.

Part I Concepts, Theories, Methods 1. History of adult cognitive aging research K. WARNER SCHAIE 2. Measurement and models for multi-timescale psychological processes in aging research STEVEN M. BOKER AND JOHN R. NESSELROADE Part II Bio-psychosocial Factors in Aging 3. Functional connectivity in aging FRANZISKUS LIEM, LINDA GEERLIGS, JESSICA S. DAMOISEAUX AND DANIEL S. MARGULIES 4. Memory: behavior and neural basis CINDY LUSTIG AND ZIYONG LIN 5. Executive functions and neurocognitive aging PATRICIA A. REUTER-LORENZ, SARA B. FESTINI AND TIFFANY K. JANTZ 6. Pain in older adults ANN L. HORGAS AND AMANDA F. ELLIOTT 7. Sleep, neurocognition, and aging, including secular trends in older adult sleep A. CATHERINE MCCALL AND F. NATHANIELWATSON 8. The final challenge of aging: Death and dying MOLLY MAXFIELD, EVA-MARIA STELZER AND JEFF GREENBERG Part III Behavioral Processes 9. Smartphones, robots, and social media: aging with communication technologies CHENG CHEN, MICHAEL L. KRIEGER AND S. SHYAM SUNDAR 10. Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: past, present, and future MANFRED DIEHL, ALLYSON F. BROTHERS AND HANS-WERNERWAHL 11. Gender diversity in later life JENNIFER L. O’ BRIEN AND SUSAN KRAUSS WHITBOURNE 12. Financial decision-making and capacity in older adults DANIEL C. MARSON, DEBORAH L. KERR AND DONALD G. MCLAREN 13. The older worker: gender and age discrimination in the workplace STEPHANE P. FRANCIOLI AND MICHAEL S. NORTH 14. Remembering the personal past across adulthood NICOLE ALEA, SUSAN BLUCK AND SHUBAM SHARMA Part IV Complex Processes 15. Psychological assessment of neurocognitive disorders BRIAN P. YOCHIM AND BENJAMIN T. MAST 16. Family care exchanges across the life span CYNTHIA A. BERG, CAITLIN S. KELLY AND REBECCA L. UTZ 17. Stress, coping, and aging CAROLYN M. ALDWIN, LORIENA YANCURA AND HYUNYUP LEE 18. Resilience in midlife and aging KAARIN J. ANSTEY AND ROGER A. DIXON 19. Successful aging: an obscure but obvious construct RACHEL PRUCHNO 20. Cognitive functioning and dementia prevalence in baby boomers and adjacent cohorts: Longitudinal and cohort effects SHERRY L. WILLIS AND K. WARNER SCHAIE