Description |
xx, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Aging |
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Aging.
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Contents |
Overview on aging : some biomedical, social, and behavioral perspectives / Robert N. Butler -- I. Family roles and behavior -- Problems and promises in the social psychology of intergenerational relations / Gunhild O. Hagestad -- The changing nature of life-cycle squeezes : implications for the socioeconomic position of the elderly / Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer -- Aging and becoming an elder : a cross-cultural comparison / John W.M. Whiting -- Historical change in the household structure of the elderly in economically developed societies / Daniel Scott Smith -- Remarriage and intergenerational relations / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. -- Historical changes in the timing of family transitions : their impact on generational relations / Tamara K. Hareven -- II. Family and public policy -- An assessment of aid to the elderly : incentive effects and the elderly's role in society / W. Kip Viscusi -- Family roles and social security / Virginia P. Reno -- The family in later life : social structure and social policy / Ethel Shanas and Marvin B. Sussman -- Long-term-care facilites and organization theory : some research suggestions / Patrick E. Connor -- III. Close relationships -- Love and its effect on mental and physical health / Jane Traupmann and Elaine Hatfield -- Marriage relationships and aging / Harold H. Kelley -- Sexual intimacy in aging marital partners / William Griffitt -- Aging and sexuality and the myth of decline / Stephen J. Weiler -- Appendix A Stability and change in the family, March 22-24, 1979, Annapolis, Maryland |
Analysis |
United States Old persons Family life |
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United States Old persons Family life - Sociological perspectives |
Notes |
Proceedings of a symposium held in Annapolis, Md., Mar. 22-24, 1979 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Subject |
Older people -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Older people -- Family relationships -- United States -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Government policy -- United States.
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Older people -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
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Aged.
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Family.
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Public Policy.
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SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Fogel, Robert William.
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March, James G.
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LC no. |
81012804 |
ISBN |
0120400030 |
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0120400235 (paperback) |
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