The Wiley–Blackwell Handbook of Adulthood and Aging

<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p>
<p>Preface xvii<br /> Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Martin J. Sliwinski</p>
<p>Part I Foundations</p>
<p>1 Theoretical Perspectives: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Positive Aging 3<br /> Elliot M. Friedman and Carol D. Ryff</p>
<p>2 Demography of Aging: Behavioral and Social Implications 25<br /> Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Stacey B. Whitbourne</p>
<p>3 Late Life: A Venue for Studying the Mechanisms by Which Contextual Factors Influence Individual Development 49<br /> Denis Gerstorf and Nilam Ram</p>
<p>4 Methodological Issues in Research on Adult Development and Aging 72<br /> Scott M. Hofer, Philippe Rast, and Andrea M. Piccinin</p>
<p>Part II Physical Changes and Health</p>
<p>5 Physical Exercise and Health 97<br /> Leslie I. Katzel and Gregory M. Steinbrenner</p>
<p>6 Behavioral Stability and Change in Health Across the Adult Life Cycle 118<br /> Ilene C. Siegler and Adam Davey</p>
<p>Part III Cognition</p>
<p>7 Processing Speed 135<br /> Judith Dirk and Florian Schmiedek</p>
<p>8 Working Memory 154<br /> David P. McCabe and Vanessa M. Loaiza</p>
<p>9 Memory and Aging 174<br /> Brent J. Small, Kerri S. Rawson, Sarah Eisel, and Cathy L. McEvoy</p>
<p>10 Everyday Cognition 190<br /> Jason C. Allaire</p>
<p>Part IV Personality</p>
<p>11 Personality Development in Adulthood 211<br /> Nicky J. Newton and Abigail J. Stewart</p>
<p>12 Socioemotional Perspectives on Adult Development 236<br /> Jennifer Tehan Stanley and Derek M. Isaacowitz</p>
<p>13 Personality and Aging: Cognitive Perspectives and Processes 254<br /> Eileen Kranz Graham and Margie E. Lachman</p>
<p>Part V Abnormal Aging</p>
<p>14 Affective Disorders and Age: The View Through a Developmental Lens 275<br /> Jennifer R. Piazza and Susan Turk Charles</p>
<p>15 Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias 293<br /> Joshua R. Steinerman and Richard B. Lipton</p>
<p>16 Personality Disorders in Later Life 312<br /> Daniel L. Segal, Richard Zweig, and Victor Molinari</p>
<p>17 Assessment of Older Adults 331<br /> Christine E. Gould, Barry A. Edelstein, and Lindsay A. Gerolimatos</p>
<p>Part VI Social Processes</p>
<p>18 Self–Regulation and Social Cognition in Adulthood: The Gyroscope of Personality 357<br /> Cory Bolkan and Karen Hooker</p>
<p>19 Partners and Friends in Adulthood 381<br /> Rosemary Blieszner and Karen A. Roberto</p>
<p>20 Intergenerational Relationships and Aging 399<br /> Kira S. Birditt and Elvina Wardjiman</p>
<p>21 Retirement: An Adult Development Perspective 416<br /> Mo Wang</p>
<p>Part VII Well–Being and Creativity</p>
<p>22 Effects of Remaining Time for Psychological Well–Being and Cognition 433<br /> Boo Johansson and Anne Ingeborg Berg</p>
<p>23 Successful Aging 459<br /> Colin A. Depp, Ipsit V. Vahia, and Dilip V. Jeste</p>
<p>24 Creative Productivity and Aging: An Age Decrement or Not? 477<br /> Dean Keith Simonton</p>
<p>Author Index 497</p>
<p>Subject Index 527</p>