Social Structures and Aging Individuals

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ISBN: 9780826124081 | 0826124089
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Copyright: 7/1/2008

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The 20th and final volume in the landmark series "Societal Impact on Aging," Social Structures and Aging Individuals: Continuing Challenges is the culmination of two decades of work on this crucial issue. Edited by K. Warner Schaie and Ronald P. Abeles, this book examines the previous 19 volumes in order to assess what has been learned regarding older persons and their changing society, what are the continuing struggles, and what will be the future challenges.

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Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Why This Book?: Foreword for First Volume in Social Structure Series	p. xxi
Introductory Overview	p. 1
The Waters We Swim: Everyday Social Processes, Macrostructural Realities, and Human Aging	p. 3
Health and Well-Being	p. 23
To Act or Not to Act: Using Statistics or Feelings to Reduce Disease Risk, Morbidity, and Mortality	p. 25
Religion, Health, and Health Behavior	p. 73
Commentary: Assessing Health Behaviors Across Individuals, Situations, and Time	p. 97
Personality and Cognition	p. 113
From Static to Dynamic: The Ongoing Dialectic About Human Development	p. 115
Those Who Have, Get: Social Structure, Environmental Complexity, Intellectual Functioning, and Self-Directed Orientations in the Elderly	p. 131
Commentary: Personality, Emotion, and Cognition	p. 155
Technology and the Workplace	p. 165
Technology as Multiplier Effect for an Aging Workforce	p. 167
No Career for You: Is That a Good or Bad Thing?	p. 193
Commentary: New Employment Structures-Varieties of Impact on Aging Workers	p. 213
Sociocultural Change and Historical Context	p. 231
Aging, History, and the Course of Life: Social Structures and Cultural Meanings	p. 233
Cultural Transformations, History, and the Experiences of Aging	p. 255
The Aging Experience, Social Change, and Television	p. 285
Familial and Societal Context	p. 303
Religion and Intergenerational Transmission Over Time	p. 305
How Have Social Institutional Forces Shaped Family Structure and Well-Being Over the Past 50 Years?	p. 335
Commentary: Marital Trends and Familial Influences-Toward Developing an Understanding of Context	p. 345
Subject Index	p. 365
Author Index	p. 379
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