Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics . Volume 17 Focus on emotion and adult development [[electronic resource] /] / K. Warner Schaie, M. Powell Lawton, volume editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453874903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, c1998
• ISBN: 1-281-81837-2; 9786611818371; 0-8261-6504-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Collana: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; ; v. 17 1997
• Altri autori (Persone): LawtonM. Powell <1923-2001.> (Mortimer Powell); SchaieK. Warner <1928-> (Klaus Warner)
• Disciplina: 362.5; 362.5/05
• Soggetti: Emotions; Aging; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 18; Preface; Chapter 1 Emotions and Self-Concepts Across the Life Span; Chapter 2 Psychophysiology of Emotion Across the Life Span; Chapter 3 The Independence of Affects Is Context-Dependent: An Integrative Model of the Relationship Between Positive and Negative Affect; Chapter 4 The Interpersonal Basis of Emotional Behavior and Emotion Regulation in Adulthood; Chapter 5 Does Stress-Emotion Cause Illness in Elderly People?; Chapter 6 Emotion and Control: A Life-Span Perspective; Chapter 7 Cognitive-Emotional Integration in Adulthood; Chapter 8 The Role of Emotion in Social Cognition Across the Adult Life SpanChapter 9 Aging and the Plasticity of the Self; Chapter 10 Emotional Well-Being in Adult and Later Life Among African Americans: A Cultural and Sociocultural Perspective; Chapter 11 Subjective Well-Being and Age: An International Analysis; Chapter 12 The Social Context of Emotional Experience; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this timely volume, prestigious contributors incorporate new ; knowledge from general psychology into a more comprehensive and accessible view of emotion in adult development and aging. The first chapter sets the stage by providing an overview of emotion across the entire life-span. Subsequent chapters examine and consider thought-provoking themes including: how feelings are used in interpersonal communication across the years of adulthood; the linkage between stressful life events and the occurrence of disease; and the changes in emotional intensity and emotional understanding as we age. Thi