Self Directedness: Cause and Effects

This book, the third in a series on the life course, has significance in today's world of research, professional practice, and public policy because it symbolizes the gradual reemergence of power in the social sciences. Focusing on "self-directedness and efficacy" over the life course, this text addresses the following issues: * the causes of change * how changes affect the individual, the family system, social groups, and society at large * how various disciplines--anthropology, sociology, psychology, epidemiology--approach this field of study, with consideration given to common themes and differences Finally, an effort is made to develop a multidisciplinary perspective unique to the study of self-directedness and efficacy.

Foreword: the Life Course And The Crisis in Social Science	p. ix
Control by Any Other Name Definitions, Concepts, and Processes	p. 1
Individualism and the Historical And Social-Structural Determinants Of People's Concerns Over Self-Directedness and Efficacy	p. 19
Individualism Social Experience And Cultural Formulation	p. 51
Careers, Career Trajectories And the Self	p. 59
Schemas, Sense of Control, and Aging	p. 85
Social Constraints on Self-Directedness Over the Life Course	p. 95
Development of Control-Related Beliefs Goals, and Styles in Childhood And Adolescence: a Clinical Perspectivek	p. 103
Control of Environment And Control of Self	p. 147
What is Intellectual Efficacy Over the Life Course?Using Adults' Conceptions To Address the Question	p. 155
The Role of Adaptive Processes In Intellectual Functioning Among Older Adults	p. 183
Self-Perceptions Of Memory Performance	p. 199
Control and Health: an Epidemiological Perspective	p. 213
Control and the Epidemiology Of Physical Health: Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 231
Personal Control and Health Promotion A Psychological Perspective	p. 241
Afterword	p. 247
Author Index	p. 255
Subject Index	p. 265
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