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Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Theories of Aging: Developments Within and Across Disciplinary Boundaries Chapter 2: Concepts and Theories of Age and Aging Part I: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Personal Perspectives on Theory Development in Aging Part II: Biological Theories and Concepts Part III: Psychological Theories and Concepts Chapter 11: Theories of Emotional Well-Being and Aging Chapter 12: Emotion–Cognition Links in Aging: Theories and Evidence Chapter 13: Theories of Social Support in Health and Aging Chapter 14: Age Stereotypes’ Influence on Health: Stereotype Embodiment Theory Chapter 15: Terminal Decline of Function
Part IV: Social Science Theories and Concepts Chapter 16: Theories of Work and Retirement: Culture, Trust, and the Social Contract Chapter 17: Families and Aging: Toward an Interdisciplinary Family-Level Approach Chapter 18: Theories of Social Connectedness and Aging Chapter 19: Long, Broad, and Deep: Theoretical Approaches in Aging and Inequality Chapter 20: The Interpretive Perspective on Aging
Part V: Policy, Intervention, and Practice Theories and Concepts Chapter 21: Aging in Place Chapter 22: Theories That Guide Consumer-Directed/Person-Centered Initiatives in Policy and Practice Chapter 23: Theories Guiding Support Services for Family Caregivers Chapter 24: Theoretical Foundations for Designing and Implementing Health Promotion Programs Chapter 25: Theories of the Politics and Policies of Aging Chapter 26: Theories of Help-Seeking Behavior: Understanding Community Service Use by Older Adults
Part VI: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory Development in Aging Chapter 27: Successful Aging Chapter 28: Coping, Optimal Aging, and Resilience in a Sociocultural Context Chapter 29: Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Chapter 30: Theories of Wisdom and Aging Chapter 31: Theories of Environmental Gerontology: Old and New Avenues for Person–Environmental Views of Aging Chapter 32: Theoretical Perspectives on Biodemography of Aging and Longevity Chapter 33: The Multiplicity of Aging: Lessons for Theory and Conceptual Development From Longitudinal Studies
Part VII: Conclusion
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Chapter 27: Successful Aging
Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Theories of Aging: Developments Within and Across Disciplinary Boundaries Chapter 2: Concepts and Theories of Age and Aging Part I: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Personal Perspectives on Theory Development in Aging Part II: Biological Theories and Concepts Part III: Psychological Theories and Concepts Chapter 11: Theories of Emotional Well-Being and Aging Chapter 12: Emotion–Cognition Links in Aging: Theories and Evidence Chapter 13: Theories of Social Support in Health and Aging Chapter 14: Age Stereotypes’ Influence on Health: Stereotype Embodiment Theory Chapter 15: Terminal Decline of Function
Part IV: Social Science Theories and Concepts Chapter 16: Theories of Work and Retirement: Culture, Trust, and the Social Contract Chapter 17: Families and Aging: Toward an Interdisciplinary Family-Level Approach Chapter 18: Theories of Social Connectedness and Aging Chapter 19: Long, Broad, and Deep: Theoretical Approaches in Aging and Inequality Chapter 20: The Interpretive Perspective on Aging
Part V: Policy, Intervention, and Practice Theories and Concepts Chapter 21: Aging in Place Chapter 22: Theories That Guide Consumer-Directed/Person-Centered Initiatives in Policy and Practice Chapter 23: Theories Guiding Support Services for Family Caregivers Chapter 24: Theoretical Foundations for Designing and Implementing Health Promotion Programs Chapter 25: Theories of the Politics and Policies of Aging Chapter 26: Theories of Help-Seeking Behavior: Understanding Community Service Use by Older Adults
Part VI: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory Development in Aging Chapter 27: Successful Aging Chapter 28: Coping, Optimal Aging, and Resilience in a Sociocultural Context Chapter 29: Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Chapter 30: Theories of Wisdom and Aging Chapter 31: Theories of Environmental Gerontology: Old and New Avenues for Person–Environmental Views of Aging Chapter 32: Theoretical Perspectives on Biodemography of Aging and Longevity Chapter 33: The Multiplicity of Aging: Lessons for Theory and Conceptual Development From Longitudinal Studies
Part VII: Conclusion
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Authors
- Rowe, John W.
- Cosco, Theodore D.
Abstract
The general topic of successful aging (SA) has long been a major theme in gerontology and has been an especially prominent and growing aspect of gerontological research and program development over the past 25 years. This chapter focuses on substantial empirical research that builds on the general concept of SA to inform theory evolution and various forms of program development at the individual and community level. There has been very substantial theoretical work, over several decades, on the interrelated but differentiated dual approaches of the life-course and life-span perspectives on aging. Usual aging was seen as laden with risk of disease and disability mediated by lifestyle-related increased lipids, glucose, and blood pressure, and decreased renal, pulmonary, cardiac, immune, and central nervous system (CNS) function. A successfully aging society can be seen as one that is productive, cohesive, secure, and equitable.
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