Middle adulthood : a lifespan perspective / editors, Sherry L. Willis, Mike Martin.
Factors in adolescence and young adulthood can impact how we function in midlife, as can sociocultural factors, and how we develop in middle age can influence how well we cope in our later years. This book explores these issues by bringing together a group of contributors associated with longitudina...
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Table of Contents:
- Historical perspective of middle age within the lifespan / Hans-Werner Wahl and Andreas Kruse
- The midlife generation in the family : patterns of exchange and support / Martin Kohli and Harald Kunemund
- Genetic influences on midlife functioning / Nancy L. Pedersen, Erica Spotts, and Kenji Kato
- Personality in young adulthood and functioning in middle age / Lea Pulkkinen, Taru Feldt, and Katja Kokko
- Impact of past transitions on well-being in middle age / Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello and Sonja Perren
- Cognitive development in midlife / Mike Martin and Daniel Zimprich
- The development of physical and mental health from late midlife to early old age / Dorly J.H. Deeg
- Cognitive trajectories in midlife and cognitive functioning in old age / Sherry Willis and K. Warner Schaie
- Self-development at midlife : lifespan perspectives on adaptation and growth / Jessica Dörner, Charlotte Mickler, and Ursula Staudinger
- Middle age and identity in a cultural and life span perspective / Freya Dittmann-Kohli
- Metacognition in midlife / Christopher Hertzog and Roger A. Dixon.