Transitions of Aging

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
Acknowledgments, Page xv
Chapter 1 - Adaptive Dimensions of Adult Cognition, Pages 3-26, GISELA LABOUVIE-VIEF
Chapter 2 - Life Satisfaction Research in Aging: Implications for Policy Development, Pages 27-40, NANCY LOHMANN
Chapter 3 - Physical Activity as It Relates to the Health of the Aged, Pages 41-56, ANDREW C. OSTROW
Chapter 4 - The Competent Older Woman, Pages 57-72, CAROL BOELLHOFF GIESEN, NANCY DATAN
Chapter 5 - Intergenerational Relations in Later Life: A Family System Approach, Pages 75-91, LILLIAN E. TROLL
Chapter 6 - The Widowed Family Member, Pages 93-118, HELENA ZNANIECKA LOPATA
Chapter 7 - The Clinical Psychology of Later Life: Developmental Paradigms, Pages 119-131, DAVID GUTMANN, JEROME GRUNES, BRIAN GRIFFIN
Chapter 8 - Economic Status of Late Middle-Aged Widows, Pages 133-149, GAYLE B. THOMPSON
Chapter 9 - Growing Old “Inside”: Aging and Attachment to Place in an Appalachian Community, Pages 153-170, GRAHAM D. ROWLES
Chapter 10 - Environmental Change: The Older Person as Initiator and Responder, Pages 171-193, M. POWELL LAWTON
Chapter 11 - Institutionalization of the Aged, Pages 195-211, SHELDON S. TOBIN
Subject Index, Pages 213-221