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Author:   Manfred Diehl ,  Hans-Werner Wahl
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   0.515kg
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9781433831652

ISBN 10:   1433831651
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   12 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Toward a Contextual Psychology of Later Life Chapter 2. Normal Cognitive Development Into Old Age and Competencies in Everyday Life Chapter 3. Personality Development in Adulthood and Aging Chapter 4. Motivation, Emotion, and Well-Being in Later Life Chapter 5. Subjective Awareness of Aging Processes and Self-Perceptions of Aging Chapter 6. Risks and Potentials of Adult Development and Aging: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities of Successful Aging Chapter 7. Behavioral Interventions in Adult Development and Aging Chapter 8. Putting Behavioral Aging Research in Context: A Critical Review and Remaining Challenges References Index About the Authors

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Winner of 2021 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award from the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America

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Manfred Diehl, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University. He is a fellow of and served as president of APA’s Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging). Dr. Diehl serves on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals on aging, including Psychology and Aging and the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. In 2018, he received the Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America and in 2019 the Excellence in Faculty Research Award from the Colorado School of Public Health. Manfred Diehl lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD, is a Senior Professor and Director of the Network Aging Research at Heidelberg University, Germany. His research interests include the influences of subjective aging and physical-technological environments on aging well and adaptational processes related to chronic functional loss. Dr. Wahl is a founding editor of the European Journal of Ageing and a member of the editorial board of The Gerontologist. He is also a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He received the 2008 Social Gerontology Award (together with Manfred Diehl) and the 2019 IAGG-ER Advanced Scholar Award: Socio-Behavioral Sciences. Hans-Werner Wahl lives in Edingen-Neckarhausen, Germany.

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