Life-Span Perspectives on Health and Illness

by Whitman, Thomas L.; Merluzzi, Thomas V.; White, Robert D.

• ISBN13: 9780805827729
• ISBN10: 0805827722
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pr

Summary

This volume offers a comprehensive and conceptually integrated overview of the changing biological, psychological, and social/environmental influences on health and illness from the prenatal period through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Based on the premise that protective and risk factors vary with life stage, several chapters examine the development of major biological systems and the changing role of genetics and environment over time. In addition, they provide information on environmental influences during the prenatal period and early childhood, chronic illness in childhood, and health and health risks in adolescence. Chapters on adulthood give special emphasis to mid-life transitions in health, resiliency in later life, and the impact of caregiving on health. Final chapters focus on death and dying and on an integrative model of health and illness across the life span.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART I: BACKGROUND
Conceptual Frameworks for Viewing Health and Illness	3	(20)
Thomas L. Whitman
Biological Development and Health Risk	23	(24)
Kathleen J. Sipes Kolberg
Physical Health Across the Life Span: A Behavioral Genetic Approach	47	(20)
Julia M. Braungart-Rieker
C. S. Bergeman
Poverty and Health Across the Life Span	67	(20)
Erika E. Bolig
John Borkowski
Jay Brandenberger
PART II: CHILDREN, FAMILY, AND HEALTH
Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development and Health	87	(18)
Kathleen J. Sipes Kolberg
Environmental Aspects of Infant Health and Illness	105	(20)
Thomas L. Whitman
Robert D. White
Kathleen M. O'Mara
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey
Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Childhood Health and Disease	125	(22)
Julia M. Braungart-Rieker
Antonia L. Guerra
Adolescent Development and Health	147	(18)
Dawn M. Gondoli
Chronic Illnesses in Childhood	165	(24)
Penny J. Miceli
Jane F. Rowland
Thomas L. Whitman
PART III: ADULTHOOD, AGING, AND HEALTH
Adulthood and Aging: Transitions in Health and Health Cognition	189	(18)
Thomas V. Merluzzi
Raymond C. Nairn
Resiliency in Later Life	207	(20)
C. S. Bergeman
K. A. Wallace
The Health Effects of Caregiving for Adults in Later Life	227	(22)
Dominic O. Vachon
Death and Dying Across the Life Span	249	(28)
John L. McIntosh
PART IV: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Some Considerations on Integrating Psychology and Health From a Life-Span Perspective	277	(18)
E. Mark Cummings
Author Index	295	(16)
Subject Index	311