Handbook of health psychology and aging
By: edited by Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, Avron Spiro III ; foreword by Ronald P. Abeles
Contributors: Aldwin, Carolyn M; Park, Crystal L; Spiro, Avron
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781593850579
Subjects: Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Psychological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Clinical health psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Health psychology and aging: an introduction / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III; title: Challenging assumptions about adult development: implications for the health of older adults / Sarit A. Golub and Ellen J. Langer; title: A developmental approach to psychosocial risk factors and successful aging / Cynthia A. Berg ... [et al.]; title: Methods in health psychology: relevance to aging / Heather Young and Peter Vitaliano; title: The relevance of a lifespan developmental approach to health / Avron Spiro III; title: Psychoneuroimmunological processes in againg and health / Tara L. Gruenewald and Margaret E. Kemeny; title: The psychoneuroendocrinology of aging: anabolic and catabolic hormones / Elissa S. Epel, Heather M. Burke, and Owen M. Wolkowitz; title: Cardiovascular reactivity in older adults / Denise C. Cooper, Leslie I. Katzel, and Shari R. Waldstein; title: A lifespan approach to personality and longevity: the case of conscientiousness / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin; title: Sense of control and health: a dynamic duo in the aging process / Marilyn Skaff; title: Coping, health, and aging / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Loriena A. Yancura, and Daria K. Boeninger; title: Health and psychological consequences of caregiving / Richard H. Fortinsky ... [et al.]; title: Psychosocial stress, emotion regulation, and resilience among older adults / Mary C. Davis ... [et al.]; title: Optimizing social relationships as a resource for health and well-being in later life / Karen S. Rook ... [et al.]; title: Issues of diversity in health psychology and aging / Barbara W.K. Yee and David A. Chiriboga; title: Religious and spiritual issues in health and aging / Crystal L. Park; title: Self-regulation of health threats, affect, and the self: lessons from older adults / Howard Leventhal, Rachel Forster, and Elaine Leventhal; title: The role of clinical health geropsychology in the health care of older adults / Sara Honn Qualls and Charles C. Benight; title: Effects of changes in diagnostic thresholds on health care for older adults / Robert M. Kaplan; title: Health psychology and aging: moving to the next generation of research / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III