| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; v. 26, 2006 |
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Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; v. 26.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the third age: a rationale for research / Jacquelyn Boone James, Paul Wink -- The demography of the third age / Annemette Sorensen -- Functioning and well-being in the third age: 1986-2001 / Irina Grafova, Katherine McGonagle, Frank P. Stafford -- The work and retirement experiences of aging Black Americans / Edna Brown, James S. Jackson, Nakesha A. Faison -- Strategic selection as a retirement project: will Americans develop hybrid arrangements? / Phyllis Moen, Joyce Altobelli -- Late middle age: transition to the third age / Ravenna Helson, Rebecca A. Cate -- Pathways toward the third age: studying a cohort from the "Golden Age" / David G. Winter, Cynthia M. Torges, Abigail J. Stewart, Donna Henderson-King, Eaaron Henderson-King -- A coconstructionist view of the third age: the case of cognition / Sherry L. Willis, K. Warner Schaie -- The impact of work on the psychological health and well-being of older Americans / Jacquelyn Boone James, Avron Spiro, III -- Change and stability during the third age: longitudinal investigations of self-rated health and religiousness with the Terman sample / Michael E. McCullough, Emily L. Polak -- Social relations in the third age: assessing strengths and challenges using the Convoy model / Toni C. Anotnucci, Kristine J. Ajrouch, Kira Birditt -- Personality and involvement in leisure activities during the third age: findings from the Ohio Longitudinal Study / Manfred Diehl, Kathleen M. Berg -- Satisfaction with retirement in men's lives / George E. Vaillant, Ana C. DiRago -- Everyday life in the third age / Paul Wink -- Gay lives in the third age: possibilities and paradoxes / Bertram J. Cohler, Andrew J. Hostetler -- Retirement community life: issues, challenges, and opportunities / Allen M. Omoto, Christina D. Aldrich -- Conclusion: is the third age the crown of life? / Paul Wink, Jacquelyn Boone James |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Older people -- Psychology.
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Retirement -- United States
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Retirement -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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Older people -- United States -- Social conditions
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SELF-HELP -- Aging.
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Older people -- Psychology
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Older people -- Social conditions
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Retirement
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Retirement -- Psychological aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
James, Jacquelyn Boone.
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Wink, Paul, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780826103352 |
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0826103359 |
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