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  • CAREGIVING SYSTEMS
    STEVEN H. ZARIT, LEONARD I. PEARLIN AND K. WARNER SCHAIE
    Caregiving has emerged as a critical issue in the second half of the life cycle. With the growth of the older population, there have been dramatic increases in the number of people needing care and assistance. The responsibility for care typically falls on families at a time when they have limited resources to meet these needs. At a societal level, the need for care for growing...

    $1,480.00

  • AGING, HEALTH BEHAVIORS, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
    K. WARNER SCHAIE
    This volume is the fourth in a series designed to facilitate inter-disciplinary communication between scientists concerned with the description of societal phenomena and those investigating adult development. As such, it contains a compilation of papers presented at an annual conference held at the Pennsylvania State University. These essays by sociologists and epidemiologists ...

    $380.00

  • SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND AGING
    K. WARNER SCHAIE
    This volume presents a systematic examination of the impact of social structures on individual behaviors and on their development in adulthood and old age. These papers and responses attempt to improve the reciprocal relationship between changes in social macro- and micro-structures and the process of psychological development in relation to issues of human aging. Using and com...

    $860.00

  • SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND AGING INDIVIDUALS
    SCHAIE, K. WARNER / ABELES, RONALD P. / SCHAIE, K. WARNER
    [A] useful reference book. Readers will find themselves returning to chaptersagain and again..." --PsycCritiquesThis is the 20th and final volume in the "Societal Impact on Aging" series. It focuses on what has been learned over the span of the previous volumes regarding the continuing challenges for older persons in a rapidly changing society and tries to forecast what may be ...

    $2,128.00

  • SOCIAL STRUCTURES
    SCHAIE, K. WARNER / UHLENBERG, PETER
    Significant demographic changes are altering the structure of the American population. Larger numbers of immigrants are entering the work force, will become part of our aging population, and increasingly, are providing care for the elderly. Family structures and communities are evolving as marriage, childbearing, divorce, and cohabitation trends are changing. The working popula...

    $2,483.00

  • SOCIAL STRUCTURES, AGING, AND SELF-REGULATION IN THE ELDERLY
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    This collection considers ways in which societal contexts influence aging by influencing self-regulatory processes. No one doubts that the social contexts in which individuals develop exert strong influence on life trajectories. Those born into environments that provide high quality education, supportive social relations, and economic assets do better in old age than those born...

    $1,596.00

  • HISTORICAL INFLUENCES ON LIVES AND AGING
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    This book focuses on the ways in which the life course of individuals is affected by the historical contexts in which they live. Editors Schaie and Elder, along with over twenty-five contributors, explore how historical events of varying degrees such as immigration, war, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status can affect the immediate and long-term life course. ...

    $2,039.00

  • RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE ELDERLY
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    "What makes the book's approach so captivating is that each...chapter is written by a different researcher in the study of religion and health. These researchers are responsible for significant portions of the existing literature and methodologies found in this field today....The versatility of the book warrants special mention. It is effective as a survey of work that has alre...

    $2,039.00

  • IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SUCCESSFUL AGING
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    This volume provides a detailed examination of changes in technology that impact individuals as they age with an emphasis upon cultural contexts and person-environment fit from human factors, psychological, and sociological perspectives. The editors take into consideration the role of macro-influences in shaping technological changes in industrialized societies that effect succ...

    $1,773.00

  • EFFECTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN OLDER ADULTS
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    In what ways do health behaviors and societal mechanisms help or discourage individuals in assuming responsibility for their health? Highly-esteemed and diverse contributors examine the health behaviors of older adults and the ways in which these behaviors are affected by societal trends. The volume begins with a discussion of the personal attributes affecting health behaviors ...

    $1,773.00

  • MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE ELDERLY
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    This comprehensive volume examines the gradual reduction of mobility in the elderly. The authors first review the physiological and psychological changes that occur as we age, and go on to illustrate how this gradual decrease in adequate mobility can lead to an increase in automotive accidents. They also review the limitations that mass transportation systems and driving indivi...

    $1,951.00

  • HANDBOOK OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
    SCHAIE, K WARNER / WILLIS, SHERRY
    Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition, tackles the biological and environmental influences on behavior as well as the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior during the course of the adult life span. The psychology of aging is important to many features of daily life, from workplace and the family, to public policy matters. It is complex, ...

    $1,329.00

  • ANNUAL REVIEW OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, VOLUME 11, 1991
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    ìOverall this issue is well organized and informative, a welcome addition to research literature available in the field of aging.î - Educational Gerontology: Learning Resources ...

    $1,596.00

  • ANNUAL REVIEW OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, VOLUME 17, 1997
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    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 u...

    $1,596.00

  • ANNUAL REVIEW OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, VOLUME 7, 1987
    K. WARNER SCHAIE, PHD
    This volume of the ARGG is devoted to the behavioral sciences, with particular attention given to topics in experimental and applied psychology. With the rapid rate of research in this field of aging, the contributors address a number of important basic and applied topics that are underrepresented in other literature. ...

    $1,596.00