Adulthood and Aging: Research on Continuities and Discontinuities

by Bengtson, Vern L.

• ISBN13: 9780826192707
• ISBN10: 082619270X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-07-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC

Summary

In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals negotiate and maintain crucial continuities by adaptive change. Topics include adult life crises, illness, sibling relationships, and gender identity. Each chapter is followed by an insightful commentary. This book is a tribute to Bernice L. Neugarten for her contributions to the field of adult development, which includes the concept of continuities. Contributors include W. Andrew Achenbaum, Robert H. Binstock, James Birren, Bertram J. Cohler, Margaret Hellie Huyck, Boaz Kahana, Eva Kahana, Sheldon S. Tobin, Lillian E. Troll, Steven H. Zarit, and others.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Psychological Immunity and the Late Onset Disorders	p. 1
Comments	p. 13
Conceptual and Empirical Advances in Understanding Aging Well Through Proactive Adaptation	p. 18
Comments	p. 41
Continuities and Discontinuities in Very Late Life	p. 46
Comments	p. 66
Life Course and Persistent Psychiatric Illness: Social Timing, Cohort, and Intervention	p. 69
Comments	p. 96
Continuities and Discontinuities in Gender Identity	p. 98
Comments	p. 122
A Non-Normative Old Age Contrast: Elderly Parents Caring for Offspring with Mental Retardation	p. 124
Comments	p. 143
Perspective on Adult Life Crises	p. 146
Comments	p. 169
In Search of Continuities and Discontinuities Across Time and Culture	p. 173
Comments	p. 200
On-Time, Off-Time, Out of Time? Reflections on Continuity and Discontinuity from an Illness Process	p. 204
Comments	p. 223
Continuities and Discontinuities in Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span	p. 228
Comments	p. 244
Modified-Extended Families Over Time: Discontinuity in Parts, Continuity in Wholes	p. 246
Comments	p. 269
Continuities and Discontinuities in Intergenerational Relationships Over Time	p. 271
Comments	p. 304
Continuities and Discontinuities in Public Policy on Aging	p. 308
Comments	p. 325
Public Support for Programs for Older Americans: Continuities Amidst Threats of Discontinuities	p. 327
Comments	p. 347
Looking at Our Future Selves: Neugarten as Gerontology's Seer	p. 350
Comments	p. 368
Profile of Bernice L. Neugarten	p. 371
Index	p. 377
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