Handbook of Emotion, Adult Development and Aging
Published on 15. October 1996
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-12-464995-8 (ISBN)
Description
The field of emotions research has recently seen a period of growth and expansion, both in traditional psychological literature and in gerontology. This text provides a broad overview and summary of where this field stands today, specifically with reference to lifecourse issues and aging. Written by a group of contributing authors, the text illustrates a life span developmental framework, a multidimensional view of emotion and its development, and quantitative and qualitative research findings. Divided into five sections, section one discusses five major theoretical perspectives including biological, discrete emotions, ethological, humanistic, and psychosocial. Section two on affect and cognition discusses the role of emotion in memory, problem-solving, and internal perceptions of self and gender. Section three on emotion and relationships expands on the role of emotion in sibling and parent/child relationships, as well as relationships between friends and romantic partners, and the emotional reaction to inter-personal loss across the lifespan.
Section four on stress, health, and psychological well-being treats issues of stress and coping, religion, personality, and quality of life. The final section on continuity and change in emotion patterns and personality discusses emotion and emotionality throughout the lifespan.
Section four on stress, health, and psychological well-being treats issues of stress and coping, religion, personality, and quality of life. The final section on continuity and change in emotion patterns and personality discusses emotion and emotionality throughout the lifespan.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Weight
826 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-464995-8 (9780124649958)
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Carol Magai | Susan H. McFadden
Handbook of Emotion, Adult Development, and Aging
E-Book
10/1996
Academic Press
€78.95
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Content
Theoretical perspectives - emotions and the aging brain - regrets and remedies, J. Panksepp and A. Miller, differential emotions theory and emotional development in adulthood and later life, L.M. Dougherty, J.A. Abe, and C.E. Izard, ethological perspectives on human development and aging, K.E. Grossman; a humanistic and human science approach to emotion, C.T. Fischer, psychosocial perspectives on emotions - the role of identity in the aging process, S.K. Whitbourne; affect and cognition - emotion, thought, and gender, G. Labouvie-Vief, emotion and cognition in attachment, V.G. Cicirelli, emotion and memory, K.T. Strongman, emotion and everyday problem solving in adult development, F. Blanchard-Fields, emotions in the construction of autobiography, J.E. Ruth and A. Vilkko; emotion and relationships - connections between parents and their adult children, L.E. Troll and K.L. Fingerman, affect and sibling relationships in adulthood, V.H. Bedford and P.S. Avioli, affect in intimate relationships - the developmental course of marriage, L.L. Carstensen, J. Graff, R.W. Levenson, and J.M. Gottman, the understanding of friendship - an adult life course perspective, B. Vries, emotional reactions to interpersonal losses over the life span - an attachment theoretical per-spective, M. Mikulincer and V. Florian; stress, health, and psychological well-being - the role of coping in the emotions and how coping changes over the life course, R.S. Lazarus, emotion, personality, and health, J.S. Tucker and H.S. Friedman, quality of life and affect in later life, M.P. Lawton, religion, emotions, and health, S.H. McFadden and J.S. Levin; continuity and change in emotion patterns and personality - mood and personality in adulthood, P.T. Costa, Jr., and R.R. McCrae, facial expressions of emotion and personality, D. Keltner, personality change in adulthood - dynamic systems, emotions, and the transformed self, C. Magai and B. Nusbaum, emotional episodes and emotionality through the life span, J.M. Jenkins and K. Oatley, the story of your life - a process perspective on narrative and emotion in adult development, J.A. Singer.