Handbook of health psychology and aging [electronic resource] / edited by Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, Avron Spiro III ; foreword by Ronald P. Abeles.
Contributor(s): Aldwin, Carolyn M | Park, Crystal L | Spiro, Avron | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2007Description: xiv, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Psychological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Clinical health psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etcGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.001/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Health psychology and aging: an introduction / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III -- Challenging assumptions about adult development: implications for the health of older adults / Sarit A. Golub and Ellen J. Langer -- A developmental approach to psychosocial risk factors and successful aging / Cynthia A. Berg ... [et al.] -- Methods in health psychology: relevance to aging / Heather Young and Peter Vitaliano -- The relevance of a lifespan developmental approach to health / Avron Spiro III -- Psychoneuroimmunological processes in againg and health / Tara L. Gruenewald and Margaret E. Kemeny -- The psychoneuroendocrinology of aging: anabolic and catabolic hormones / Elissa S. Epel, Heather M. Burke, and Owen M. Wolkowitz -- Cardiovascular reactivity in older adults / Denise C. Cooper, Leslie I. Katzel, and Shari R. Waldstein -- A lifespan approach to personality and longevity: the case of conscientiousness / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin -- Sense of control and health: a dynamic duo in the aging process / Marilyn Skaff -- Coping, health, and aging / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Loriena A. Yancura, and Daria K. Boeninger -- Health and psychological consequences of caregiving / Richard H. Fortinsky ... [et al.] -- Psychosocial stress, emotion regulation, and resilience among older adults / Mary C. Davis ... [et al.] -- Optimizing social relationships as a resource for health and well-being in later life / Karen S. Rook ... [et al.] -- Issues of diversity in health psychology and aging / Barbara W.K. Yee and David A. Chiriboga -- Religious and spiritual issues in health and aging / Crystal L. Park -- Self-regulation of health threats, affect, and the self: lessons from older adults / Howard Leventhal, Rachel Forster, and Elaine Leventhal -- The role of clinical health geropsychology in the health care of older adults / Sara Honn Qualls and Charles C. Benight -- Effects of changes in diagnostic thresholds on health care for older adults / Robert M. Kaplan -- Health psychology and aging: moving to the next generation of research / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III.
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