Handbook of the psychology of aging.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928- (Editor), Willis, Sherry L., 1947- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2021.
Edition:Ninth edition /
Series:The handbooks of aging
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • I. Concepts, theories, methods
  • 1 History of adult cognitive aging research
  • Introduction
  • Adult stages of intellectual development
  • A stage model of adult cognitive development
  • Assessment of intellectual functions
  • A test of intelligence
  • The nature of intelligence
  • Intelligence as multiple abilities
  • Relevance of test instruments to stages of intellectual development
  • Practical or everyday intelligence
  • Intelligence and age
  • Crystallized and fluid intelligence
  • Early cross-sectional studies
  • Longitudinal studies
  • Cohort differences
  • Magnitude of change
  • Frequency of decline
  • Personality and lifestyles
  • Summary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 2 Measurement and models for multi-timescale psychological processes in aging research
  • Introduction
  • Matching the research design to the question
  • Modeling review
  • Cross-sectional models
  • Autoregressive and crosslag models
  • Latent growth curves and multilevel models
  • The changing data landscape
  • Multi-timescale processes and research designs
  • Measuring and modeling multiscale processes from intensive time series
  • Dynamical systems and attractors
  • Dynamical systems models in aging
  • Challenges
  • Planning for the long term
  • Privacy, linking, and data sharing
  • Incompleteness and attrition
  • Reliability versus sensitivity
  • Measurement invariance over time
  • Emerging opportunities
  • Intrinsic capacity and functional ability
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • II. Bio-psychosocial factors in aging
  • 3 Functional connectivity in aging
  • General introduction and outline of chapter
  • Functional connectivity
  • The default mode network
  • Functional connectivity in aging.
  • Within-network connectivity
  • Between-network connectivity
  • Whole-brain connectivity
  • Dynamics
  • Cognition and functional connectivity
  • Functional connectivity in neurodegenerative disorders
  • Functional connectivity as a biomarker
  • Functional connectivity as a general biomarker for brain health
  • Connectivity as an early marker for neurodegenerative disorders
  • Methodological considerations relevant to aging research
  • Summary and future directions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4 Memory: behavior and neural basis
  • What is memory, and what is aging?
  • Brain aging and memory: a complex and dynamic relationship
  • Control and association: major influences on age differences in memory
  • The controlled processing paradox: important and impaired
  • Associational memory may be especially impaired in aging
  • Default network dysregulation
  • Modifying factors: qualitative and quantitative effects
  • Interventions: hope for improvement?
  • Summary and conclusions
  • References
  • 5 Executive functions and neurocognitive aging
  • Overview
  • Measuring executive functions
  • Executive deficit theories of cognitive aging
  • Inhibitory deficit theory (Hasher & amp
  • Zacks)
  • Goal maintenance deficit (Braver & amp
  • West)
  • Production deficit hypothesis
  • Frontal lobe hypothesis of cognitive aging
  • A current perspective on executive deficit theories of cognitive aging
  • Do executive functions show the earliest and disproportionate decline?
  • Cross-sectional evidence for disproportionate executive functions decline?
  • Longitudinal evidence for earlier executive functions decline?
  • Do brain regions linked to executive functions show the earliest and disproportionate decline?
  • Aging and the neural substrates of executive functions
  • Relative degree and onset of prefrontal cortex decline.
  • Executive functions and prefrontal cortex processes as compensatory and protective
  • Executive functions, the frontal lobes, and lifelong aging
  • References
  • 6 Pain in older adults
  • Overview of pain
  • Definitions of pain
  • Theories of pain
  • Pain and aging
  • Pain in older adults
  • Epidemiology of pain in older adults
  • Cross-national estimates of chronic pain
  • Age differences in pain
  • Factors that contribute to pain in older adults
  • Mood
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Consequences of pain in older adults
  • Pain management in older adults
  • Pain assessment
  • Self-reported pain
  • Experimental pain measures
  • Observational measures
  • Pain management
  • Pharmacological pain treatment
  • Nonopioids
  • Adjuvant drugs
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
  • Nonpharmacological pain treatment
  • Summary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 7 Sleep, neurocognition, and aging, including secular trends in older adult sleep
  • Introduction
  • Sleep through the life span
  • Reductions in slow wave activity
  • Sleep spindle changes
  • Alterations of sleep parameters
  • Circadian rhythm changes
  • Etiologies of sleep changes over the life span
  • Etiologies of sleep disturbances in older adults
  • Primary sleep disorders
  • Insomnia
  • Hypersomnolence
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Medications, substances, sleep, and cognition
  • Neurocognitive disorders and sleep
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Alpha synucleinopathies
  • Benefits and challenges of treating sleep problems in older adults
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 8 The final challenge of aging: Death and dying
  • Terror management theory
  • Implications of terror management theory for older adults approaching death
  • Making mortality salient for older adults
  • Aging and death-related anxiety
  • The medical and lifestyle pragmatics of the dying process for older adults.
  • Denial and avoidance in communicating life-limiting diagnoses
  • The role of death anxiety in physician decisions
  • Preparation for end-of-life
  • The hospice and palliative care movement
  • Death with Dignity
  • Summary and future directions
  • References
  • III. Behavioral processes
  • 9 Smartphones, robots, and social media: aging with communication technologies
  • Introduction
  • Aging with communication technology
  • Smartphones
  • Social media
  • Video gaming
  • Virtual reality
  • Smart home technology
  • Robots
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
  • 10 Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: past, present, and future
  • Introduction
  • A conceptual framework for subjective aging research
  • Subjective age: strengths and limitations
  • Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the past
  • Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the present
  • Self-perceptions of aging: conceptual and measurement considerations
  • Awareness of age-related change: conceptual and measurement considerations
  • Empirical findings on the role of self-perceptions and awareness of aging
  • Self-perceptions of aging as predictors
  • Self-perceptions of aging as mediators or moderators
  • Self-perceptions of aging as dependent variable
  • Experimental studies
  • Longitudinal observational studies
  • Secular trends/cohort differences in self-perceptions and awareness of aging
  • Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the future
  • Focus on pathways and mechanisms
  • Elaborating developmental antecedents, correlates, and trajectories
  • Examining the modifiability of self-perceptions of aging
  • Changing the societal context of self-perceptions of aging
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • 11 Gender diversity in later life
  • Introduction
  • Gender identity
  • Terms
  • Redefining the gender binary
  • Gender identity throughout the life span.
  • Research findings
  • Gender affirmation
  • Coming out
  • Medical interventions
  • Legal procedures
  • Aging and gender identity
  • Unique challenges faced by gender diverse elders
  • Cisgenderism
  • Elder abuse and discrimination based on gender
  • Discrimination in the healthcare system
  • Improving outcomes for gender diverse elders
  • Focus on resilience
  • Policies and steps to promote inclusivity in healthcare practice
  • Nursing homes
  • Affirmative care
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 12 Financial decision-making and capacity in older adults
  • Introduction: what is financial capacity? Legal, clinical and ethical perspectives
  • The financial capacity problem: cognitive aging and disorders of aging
  • Clinical warning signs of diminished financial capacity
  • Challenges in modeling financial capacity
  • Clinical model of financial capacity
  • Approaches to assessing financial capacity
  • Assessing premorbid financial capacity
  • Self and informant-based assessment
  • Performance-based assessment
  • Clinical interview assessment of financial capacity
  • Empirical studies of financial capacity
  • Financial capacity in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease
  • Longitudinal change in financial capacity in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease
  • Financial capacity in patients with mild cognitive impairment
  • Neuropsychological predictors of financial capacity
  • Neuroimaging studies of financial capacity
  • Neuroimaging approaches to studying financial capacity
  • Neuroimaging studies of financial capacity in a mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
  • Neuroimaging studies of financial decision making in cognitively normal older adults
  • Summary
  • Noncognitive contributions to financial capacity in aging
  • Psychological and psychiatric contributions to financial capacity.