Handbook of health psychology and aging / edited by Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III.

Contributor Aldwin, Carolyn M.

Imprint:New York : Guilford Press, 2007.

Descriptionxiv, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Health psychology and aging: an introduction / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Avron Spiro III and Crystal L. Park -- Challenging assumptions about adult development: implications for the health of older adults / Sarit A. Golub and Ellen J. Langer -- A developmental approach to psychosocial risk factors and successful aging / Cynthia A. Berg ... [et al.] -- Methods in health psychology: relevance to aging / Heather Young and Peter Vitaliano -- The relevance of a lifespan developmental approach to health / Avron Spiro -- Aging and health: psychoneuroimmunological processes / Tara L. Gruenewald and Margaret E. Kemeny -- The psychoneuroendocrinology of aging: anabolic and catabolic hormones / Elissa S. Epel, Heather M. Burke, and Owen M. Wolkowitz -- Cardiovascular reactivity in older adults / Denise C. Cooper, Leslie I. Katzel, and Shari R. Waldstein -- A life-span approach to personality and longevity: the case of conscientiousness / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin -- Sense of control and health: a dynamic duo in the aging process / Marilyn Skaff -- Coping, health, and aging / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Loriena A. Yancura, and Daria K. Boeninger -- Health and psychological condequences of caregiving / Richard H. Fortinsky ... [et al.] -- Psychosocial stress, emotion regulation, and resilience among older adults / Mary C. Davis ... [et al.] -- Optimizing social relationships as a resource for health and well-being in later life / Karen S. Rook ... [et al.] -- Issues of diversity in health psychology and aging / Barbara W. K. Yee and David A. Chiriboga -- Religious and spiritual issues in health and aging / Crystal L. Park -- Self regulation of health threats, affect, and the self: lessons from the elderly / Howard Leventhal, Rachel Forster, and Elaine Leventhal -- Role of clinical health geropsychology in the health care of older adults / Sara Honn Qualls and Charles C. Benight -- Effects of changes in diagnostic thresholds on healthcare for older adults / Robert M. Kaplan -- Health psychology and aging: moving to the next generation of research / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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