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The Resource New frontiers in resilient aging : life-strengths and well-being in late life, Prem S. Fry, Corey L. M. Keyes

New frontiers in resilient aging : life-strengths and well-being in late life, Prem S. Fry, Corey L. M. Keyes

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Summary
"A typically pessimistic view of aging is that it leads to a steady decline in physical and mental abilities. In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers explore the immense potential of older adults to overcome the challenges of old age and pursue active lives with renewed vitality. The contributors believe that resilience capacities diminishing with old age is a misconception and argue that individuals may successfully capitalize on their existing resources, skills and cognitive processes in order to achieve new learning, continuing growth, and enhanced life-satisfaction. By identifying useful psychological resources such as social connectedness, personal engagement and commitment, openness to new experiences, social support and sustained cognitive activity, the authors present a balanced picture of resilient aging. Older adults, while coping with adversity and losses, can be helped to maintain a complementary focus on psychological strengths, positive emotions, and regenerative capacities to achieve continued growth and healthy longevity"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxii, 365 pages
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
  • 3.
  • Physical resilience and aging: correcting the Tithonus error and the crème brule;e error
  • Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey;
  • 4.
  • You can teach an old dog new tricks: harnessing neuroplasticity after brain injury in older adults
  • Gitendra Uswatte and Edward Taub;
  • 5.
  • Resilience in the face of cognitive aging: experience, adaptation, and compensation
  • Christopher Hertzog and Daniela S. Jopp;
  • 6.
  • Foreword
  • Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation? Personality, social relations, and resilience
  • Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman;
  • 7.
  • Psychosocial resources as predictors of resilience and healthy longevity of older widows
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 8.
  • Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians
  • Peter Martin, Maurice MacDonald, Jennifer Margrett and Leonard W. Poon;
  • 9.
  • The socioemotional basis of resilience in later life
  • John W. Rowe;
  • Anthony D. Ong and Cindy S. Bergeman;
  • 10.
  • Emotional resilience and beyond: a synthesis of findings from lifespan psychology and psychopathology
  • Eva-Marie Kessler and Ursula M. Staudinger;
  • 11.
  • Risk, resilience, and life-course fit: older couples' encores following job loss
  • Phyllis Moen, Stephen Sweet and Rachelle Hill;
  • 12.
  • Resilience in mobility in the context of chronic disease and aging: cross-sectional and prospective findings from the UAB study of aging
  • Patricia S. Sawyer and Richard M. Allman;
  • Introduction; 1.
  • 13.
  • Positive aging: resilience and reconstruction
  • Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary Gergen
  • Sources of human life strengths, resilience and health
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 2.
  • Growth isn't just for the young: growth narratives, eudaimonic resilience, and the aging self
  • Jack J. Bauer and Sun W. Park;
Isbn
9780521509855
Instance
Label
New frontiers in resilient aging : life-strengths and well-being in late life
Title
New frontiers in resilient aging
Title remainder
life-strengths and well-being in late life
Statement of responsibility
Prem S. Fry, Corey L. M. Keyes
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"A typically pessimistic view of aging is that it leads to a steady decline in physical and mental abilities. In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers explore the immense potential of older adults to overcome the challenges of old age and pursue active lives with renewed vitality. The contributors believe that resilience capacities diminishing with old age is a misconception and argue that individuals may successfully capitalize on their existing resources, skills and cognitive processes in order to achieve new learning, continuing growth, and enhanced life-satisfaction. By identifying useful psychological resources such as social connectedness, personal engagement and commitment, openness to new experiences, social support and sustained cognitive activity, the authors present a balanced picture of resilient aging. Older adults, while coping with adversity and losses, can be helped to maintain a complementary focus on psychological strengths, positive emotions, and regenerative capacities to achieve continued growth and healthy longevity"--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
155.67
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BF724.85.C64
LC item number
N494 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2010 I-772
  • WT 145
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fry, Prem S
  • Keyes, Corey L. M
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Aging
  • Cognition in old age
  • Aging
  • Aged
  • Cognition
  • Resilience, Psychological
Label
New frontiers in resilient aging : life-strengths and well-being in late life, Prem S. Fry, Corey L. M. Keyes
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 3.
  • Physical resilience and aging: correcting the Tithonus error and the crème brule;e error
  • Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey;
  • 4.
  • You can teach an old dog new tricks: harnessing neuroplasticity after brain injury in older adults
  • Gitendra Uswatte and Edward Taub;
  • 5.
  • Resilience in the face of cognitive aging: experience, adaptation, and compensation
  • Christopher Hertzog and Daniela S. Jopp;
  • 6.
  • Foreword
  • Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation? Personality, social relations, and resilience
  • Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman;
  • 7.
  • Psychosocial resources as predictors of resilience and healthy longevity of older widows
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 8.
  • Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians
  • Peter Martin, Maurice MacDonald, Jennifer Margrett and Leonard W. Poon;
  • 9.
  • The socioemotional basis of resilience in later life
  • John W. Rowe;
  • Anthony D. Ong and Cindy S. Bergeman;
  • 10.
  • Emotional resilience and beyond: a synthesis of findings from lifespan psychology and psychopathology
  • Eva-Marie Kessler and Ursula M. Staudinger;
  • 11.
  • Risk, resilience, and life-course fit: older couples' encores following job loss
  • Phyllis Moen, Stephen Sweet and Rachelle Hill;
  • 12.
  • Resilience in mobility in the context of chronic disease and aging: cross-sectional and prospective findings from the UAB study of aging
  • Patricia S. Sawyer and Richard M. Allman;
  • Introduction; 1.
  • 13.
  • Positive aging: resilience and reconstruction
  • Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary Gergen
  • Sources of human life strengths, resilience and health
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 2.
  • Growth isn't just for the young: growth narratives, eudaimonic resilience, and the aging self
  • Jack J. Bauer and Sun W. Park;
Control code
567165800
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxii, 365 pages
Isbn
9780521509855
Lccn
2010021485
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)567165800
Label
New frontiers in resilient aging : life-strengths and well-being in late life, Prem S. Fry, Corey L. M. Keyes
Publication
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 3.
  • Physical resilience and aging: correcting the Tithonus error and the crème brule;e error
  • Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey;
  • 4.
  • You can teach an old dog new tricks: harnessing neuroplasticity after brain injury in older adults
  • Gitendra Uswatte and Edward Taub;
  • 5.
  • Resilience in the face of cognitive aging: experience, adaptation, and compensation
  • Christopher Hertzog and Daniela S. Jopp;
  • 6.
  • Foreword
  • Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation? Personality, social relations, and resilience
  • Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman;
  • 7.
  • Psychosocial resources as predictors of resilience and healthy longevity of older widows
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 8.
  • Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians
  • Peter Martin, Maurice MacDonald, Jennifer Margrett and Leonard W. Poon;
  • 9.
  • The socioemotional basis of resilience in later life
  • John W. Rowe;
  • Anthony D. Ong and Cindy S. Bergeman;
  • 10.
  • Emotional resilience and beyond: a synthesis of findings from lifespan psychology and psychopathology
  • Eva-Marie Kessler and Ursula M. Staudinger;
  • 11.
  • Risk, resilience, and life-course fit: older couples' encores following job loss
  • Phyllis Moen, Stephen Sweet and Rachelle Hill;
  • 12.
  • Resilience in mobility in the context of chronic disease and aging: cross-sectional and prospective findings from the UAB study of aging
  • Patricia S. Sawyer and Richard M. Allman;
  • Introduction; 1.
  • 13.
  • Positive aging: resilience and reconstruction
  • Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary Gergen
  • Sources of human life strengths, resilience and health
  • Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats;
  • 2.
  • Growth isn't just for the young: growth narratives, eudaimonic resilience, and the aging self
  • Jack J. Bauer and Sun W. Park;
Control code
567165800
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxii, 365 pages
Isbn
9780521509855
Lccn
2010021485
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)567165800

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