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.
- Covers preclinical neuropathology
- Examines age and sex differences in the process of aging
- Considers financial decision-making and capacity
- Explores mental health issues related to death and dying
- Discusses technology for older adults

ForewordPrefacePart I Concepts, Theories, Methods1. History of adult cognitive aging researchK. WARNER SCHAIE2. Measurement and models for multi-timescale psychological processes in aging researchSTEVEN M. BOKER AND JOHN R. NESSELROADEPart II Bio-psychosocial Factors in Aging3. Functional connectivity in aging FRANZISKUS LIEM, LINDA GEERLIGS, JESSICA S. DAMOISEAUX AND DANIEL S. MARGULIES4. Memory: behavior and neural basis CINDY LUSTIG AND ZIYONG LIN5. Executive functions and neurocognitive aging PATRICIA A. REUTER-LORENZ, SARA B. FESTINI AND TIFFANY K. JANTZ6. Pain in older adults ANN L. HORGAS AND AMANDA F. ELLIOTT7. Sleep, neurocognition, and aging, including secular trends in older adult sleep A. CATHERINE MCCALL AND F. NATHANIELWATSON8. The final challenge of aging: Death and dying MOLLY MAXFIELD, EVA-MARIA STELZER AND JEFF GREENBERGPart III Behavioral Processes9. Smartphones, robots, and social media: aging with communication technologiesCHENG CHEN, MICHAEL L. KRIEGER AND S. SHYAM SUNDAR10. Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: past, present, and futureMANFRED DIEHL, ALLYSON F. BROTHERS AND HANS-WERNERWAHL11. Gender diversity in later lifeJENNIFER L. O' BRIEN AND SUSAN KRAUSS WHITBOURNE12. Financial decision-making and capacity in older adultsDANIEL C. MARSON, DEBORAH L. KERR AND DONALD G. MCLAREN13. The older worker: gender and age discrimination in the workplaceSTEPHANE P. FRANCIOLI AND MICHAEL S. NORTH14. Remembering the personal past across adulthoodNICOLE ALEA, SUSAN BLUCK AND SHUBAM SHARMAPart IV Complex Processes 15. Psychological assessment of neurocognitive disordersBRIAN P. YOCHIM AND BENJAMIN T. MAST16. Family care exchanges across the life spanCYNTHIA A. BERG, CAITLIN S. KELLY AND REBECCA L. UTZ17. Stress, coping, and aging CAROLYN M. ALDWIN, LORIENA YANCURA AND HYUNYUP LEE18. Resilience in midlife and aging KAARIN J. ANSTEY AND ROGER A. DIXON19. Successful aging: an obscure but obvious construct RACHEL PRUCHNO20. Cognitive functioning and dementia prevalence in baby boomers and adjacent cohorts:Longitudinal and cohort effects SHERRY L. WILLIS AND K. WARNER SCHAIE