Isbn: 9780521509855 - new frontiers in resilient aging: life-strengths and well-being in late life (5 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. This volume looks at human aging from a positive perspective, examining how older adults can exploit psychological strengths to enhance life satisfaction. Editor(s): Fry, Prem S.; Keyes, Corey L. M. Num Pages: 388 pages, 29 b/w illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 750. . 2010. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.…