For a long time, research on developmental issues in the biological and social sciences has been primarily concerned with the early stages of the lifespan, such as infancy and adolescence. More and more researchers have recently turned their attention to the problems of development and aging in the later periods of life. This volume, based on papers presented by the European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development, deals with success in the aging process. From a medical or public health viewpoint, successful aging consists of optimizing life expectancy while at the same time minimizing physical, psychological, and social morbidity. Achievement of successful aging requires that the onset of infirmity, on average, increases more rapidly than average life expectancy, compressing morbidity into a shorter period. Current behavioral and social research shows physical plasticity in seniors, strong associations between lifestyle and health, increasingly healthy lifestyles on a national basis, and decreasing incidence of chronic disease.

Successful Aging: Perspectives from the Behavioral Sciences (European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development)

作　　者：Paul B. Baltes 巴尔特斯(Editor), Margret M. Baltes (Editor)
出 版 社：Cambridge University Press (May 28, 1993)
ISBN-10: 052143582X
ISBN-13: 9780521435826
定　　价：$61.00

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Key Phrases

reflective planning orientation, preexperimental knowledge, importance ofg, compensatory task conditions, psychosocial efficacy, heteronomous control, baseline reserve capacity, cognitive wisdom, adaptive competence, developmental reserve capacity, developmental reserves, ancestral longevity, good memory performance, autonomous control over development, cognitive reserve capacity, congruence between desired, sixth measurement, early adult period, satisfaction with housing, prototypical strategy, attitudinal flexibility, cognitive mechanics, morbidity model, accommodative modes, perceived uniformity

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