New Frontiers in Resilient Aging

Life-Strengths and Well-Being in Late Life

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Personality, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book New Frontiers in Resilient Aging by , Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780511848988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: July 29, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780511848988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 29, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Shakespeare Survey: Volume 65, A Midsummer Night's Dream by
Cover of the book Convergence of One-Parameter Operator Semigroups by
Cover of the book Multinational Maids by
Cover of the book 'Crimes against Peace' and International Law by
Cover of the book Maternal Critical Care by
Cover of the book Heart Disease and Pregnancy by
Cover of the book The South China Sea by
Cover of the book The Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar by
Cover of the book Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama by
Cover of the book Effective Teaching and Successful Learning by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture by
Cover of the book The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 2, From 600 to 1450 by
Cover of the book Atonement and Self-Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative by
Cover of the book Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning by
Cover of the book Public Rights by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy