Social structures, aging, and self-regulation in the elderly
By: edited by K. Warner Schaie, Laura L. Carstensen.
Contributors: Schaie, K. Warner 1928-; Carstensen, Laura L.; Pennsylvania State University. Gerontology Center.
Series: Societal impact on aging
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Aging -- Social aspects -- Congresses; Cognition in old age -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Edited conference papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Societal influences that affect cognitive functioning in old age / Selam Negash and Ronald C. Petersen. Commentary: societal factors in cognitive aging: one eye wide shut? / Naftali Raz. Commentary: societal influences on cognition in historical context / K. Warner Schaie; title: Wisdom in social context / Ursula M. Staudinger, Eva-Marie Kessler and Jessica Dörner. Commentary: the dynamic relationship between age stereotypes and wisdom in old age / Becca Levy and Corey Pilver; title: Social influences on adult personality, self-regulation and health / Daniel K. Mroczek, Avron Spiro III, Shevaun Neupert, and Paul W. Griffin. Commentary: from kindling to conflagration: self-regulation and personality change /; title: Brent W. Roberts. Commentary: can self-regulation explain age differences in daily, weekly, and monthly reports of psychological distress? / David M, Almeida, Michelle Neiss; title: Social norms, rules of thumb, and retirement: evidence for rationality in retirement planning / Gary Burtless. Commentary: modeling the retirement decision / Joseph F. Quinn. Commentary: numbers are just numbers / Ellen Peters; title: Race and self-regulatory health behaviors: the role of the stress response and the HPA axis in physical and mental health disparities / James S. Jackson and Katherine M. Knight. Commentary: mechanisms of health disparities: variations in health care provider attitudes and their impact on older minority adults / Stephanie L. Garrett and Toni P. Miles. Commentary: adding paths to resilience and daily accounts to an already rich field of inquiry: a brief commentary on James Jackson"s Social structure and health disparities / Alex J. Zautra, Kate E. Murray, and Brendt P. Parish.