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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Overview of Adult Development -- Basic Concepts in Adult Development -- Sources of Change -- Normative Age-Graded Influences -- Normative History-Graded Influences -- Nonnormative Life Events -- Sources of Stability -- Genetics -- Environment -- Interactionist View -- A Word About "Age -- Setting the Course: Some Guiding Perspectives -- Life-Span Developmental Psychology Approach -- Bioecological Model of Development -- Developmental Research -- Methods -- Measures -- Analyses -- Designs -- A Final Word -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 2: Aging and Physical Changes -- Theories of Primary Aging -- Oxidative Damage -- Genetic Limits -- Caloric Restriction -- A Word on Theories of Primary Aging -- Physical Changes During Adulthood -- Outward Appearance -- The Senses -- Bones and Muscles -- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems -- Brain and Nervous System -- Immune System -- Hormonal System -- Changes in Physical Behavior -- Athletic Abilities -- Stamina, Dexterity, and Balance -- Sleep -- Sexual Activity -- Individual Differences in Primary Aging -- Genetics -- Lifestyle -- Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Group -- Can We "Turn Back the Clock" of Primary Aging? -- An Overview of the Physical Changes in Adulthood -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 3: Health and Illness -- Mortality Rates and Causes of Death -- Morbidity Rates, Disease, and Disability -- Common Health Conditions -- Disability -- Self-Ratings of Health -- Specific Diseases -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Cancer -- Diabetes -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Living with Age-Related Diseases and Disabilities -- Mental Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Mood Disorders -- Impulse Control Disorders -- Substance Abuse Disorders -- Treatment of Mental Health Disorders -- Nonmedical Solutions.
Assistive Technology -- Assistance Animals -- Individual Differences in Health -- Lifestyle -- Gender -- Socioeconomics, Race, and Ethnicity -- Personality and Behavior Patterns -- Genetics -- Developmental Origins -- The Road to Good Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 4: Aging and Cognitive Changes -- Intelligence -- Age Changes in Overall Intelligence -- Components of Intelligence -- Reversing Declines in Intellectual Abilities -- Memory -- Short-Term and Working Memory -- Declarative and Nondeclarative (Procedural) Memory -- Prospective Memory -- Slowing Declines in Memory Abilities -- Memory in Context -- Decision Making and Problem Solving -- Individual Differences in Cognitive Change -- Health -- Genetics -- Demographics and Sociobiographical History -- Schooling -- Intellectual Activity -- Physical Exercise -- Subjective Evaluation of Decline -- Cognitive Assistance -- Medication Adherence -- Social Networking -- E-Readers and Electronic Games -- Safe Driving -- Review of Cognitive Changes over the Adult Years and a Search for Balance -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 5: Transformation of Social Roles -- Social Roles and Transitions -- Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes -- Social Roles in Young Adulthood -- Leaving (and Returning) Home -- Becoming a Spouse or Partner -- Becoming a Parent -- Social Roles in Middle Adulthood -- The Departure of the Children: The Empty Nest -- Gender Roles at Midlife -- Becoming a Grandparent -- Caring for an Aging Parent -- Social Roles in Late Adulthood -- Living Alone -- Becoming a Care Receiver -- Social Roles in Atypical Families -- Lifelong Singles -- The Childless -- Divorced (and Remarried) Adults -- The Effect of Variations in Timing -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Social Relationships.
Theories of Social Relationships -- Attachment Theory -- The Convoy Model -- Socioemotional Selectivity Theory -- Evolutionary Psychology -- Intimate Partnerships -- Establishing an Intimate Relationship -- Successful Marriages -- Cohabitation and Marriage -- Same-Sex Partnerships -- Relationships with Other Family Members -- General Patterns of Family Interaction -- Parent-Child Relationships in Adulthood -- Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships -- Relationships with Brothers and Sisters -- Friendships in Adulthood -- Friendship Networks -- Pets as Friends -- Facebook Friends -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 7: Employment and Retirement -- The Importance of Work in Adulthood -- Super's Theory of Career Development -- Gender Differences in Career Patterns -- Selecting a Career -- Theories of Career Selection -- The Effects of Gender -- Family Influences -- The Role of Genetics -- Age Trends in Work Experience -- Job Performance -- Job Training and Retraining -- Job Satisfaction -- Work and Personal Life -- Work and the Individual -- Work and Marriage -- Work and Parenthood -- Work and Caregiving for Adult Family Members -- Household Labor -- Retirement -- Preparation for Retirement -- Timing of Retirement -- Reasons for Retirement -- Effects of Retirement -- Alternatives to Full Retirement -- A Concluding Note -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 8: Personality: Continuity and Change -- Personality Structures -- Personality Traits and Factors -- Differential Continuity -- Mean-Level Change -- Intra-Individual Variability -- Continuity, Change, and Variability Coexist -- What Do Personality Traits Do? -- Explanations of Continuity and Change -- Genetics -- Environmental Influences -- Evolutionary Psychology Explanations -- Cultural Differences -- Summing Up Personality Structure.
Theories of Personality Development -- Psychosocial Development -- Ego Development -- Mature Adaptation -- Gender Crossover -- Positive Well-Being -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 9: Meaning and Spirituality -- Why a Chapter on the Quest for Meaning? -- The Study of Age-Related Changes in Meaning Systems -- Changes in the Quest for Meaning -- Religion, Spirituality, and Health -- Theories of Spiritual Development -- Development of Moral Reasoning -- Development of Faith -- Integrating Meaning and Personality: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis -- A Synthesizing Model -- Stages of Mystical Experience -- The Process of Transition -- Commentary and Conclusions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 10: Stress and Coping with Stress -- Stress, Stressors, and Stress Reactions -- Types of Stress -- Effects of Stress -- Physical Disease -- Mental Health Disorders -- Individual Differences in Stress-Related Disorders -- Stress-Related Growth -- Coping with Stress -- Types of Coping Behaviors -- Social Support -- Personality Traits and Coping -- Resilience -- Reactions to Trauma -- Individual Differences in Resilience -- Resilience in Military Combat and Deployment -- A Final Word on Stress and Resilience -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 11: Preparing for the End of Life -- Achieving an Understanding of Death -- Meanings of Death -- Death Anxiety -- Accepting the Reality of One's Eventual Death -- The Process of Death -- Stages of Reactions to Death -- The Importance of Farewells -- Individual Adaptations to Dying -- Choosing Where to Die -- Choosing When to Die -- After Death Occurs: Rituals and Grieving -- Ritual Mourning: Funerals and Ceremonies -- The Process of Grieving -- Living and Dying: A Final Word -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 12: A Life Well Lived.
Themes of Adult Development -- Emerging Adulthood (Ages 18 to 24) -- Young Adulthood (Ages 25 to 39) -- Middle Adulthood (Ages 40 to 64) -- Older Adulthood (Ages 65 to 74) -- Late Adulthood (Age 75 and Older) -- Variations in Successful Development -- Individual Differences in Quality of Life -- Other Measures of Life Success -- A Model of Adult Growth and Development: Trajectories and Pathways -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- References -- Glossary -- Credits -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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In età adulta : le mutevoli fisionomie / Duccio Demetrio
