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

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