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1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : illustrations.
This book covers age-associated changes in human motivation. Starting with age decrements in energetic or biological functions, it progresses to an analysis of the psychological and sociological factors that affect the behavioral choices of healthy older people. The author emphasizes the contextual nature of human motives to examine a variety of behaviors, ranging from the traditional to the more complex.
Biological foundations -- Sleep and fatigue -- Pain and discomfort avoidance -- Eating and drinking -- Sexuality -- Health behaviors -- Stress -- Coping -- Ecological studies of stress and coping -- The self -- Purpose or meaning of life -- Social relationships -- Achievement motivation -- Leisure.
Ernest Furchtgott, with the assistance of Mary Wilkes Furchtgott.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-379) and index.
New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c1999
Plenum series in adult development and aging