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The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age

Integrating Epidemiological, Psychological and Social Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Werner Wahl

    1. German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Hermann Brenner

    1. German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  3. Heidrun Mollenkopf

    1. German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  4. Dietrich Rothenbacher

    1. German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  5. Christoph Rott

    1. German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  • The issues of health, competence and well-being are treated in an integrative perspective with respect to ageing
  • Interdisciplinarity is taken seriously based in a balanced view of social-ecological, psychological and epidemiological ageing research
  • Basic ageing research is linked with ageing policy considerations and implications
  • European ageing research is linked with the knowledge base of the international scientific community concerned with ageing

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. FOCUSING ON SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE

    1. INTRODUCTION: THE PERSON–ENVIRONMENT PERSPECTIVE IN AGEING RESEARCH

      • HANS-WERNER WAHL
      Pages 3-6

    2. THE ROLE OF THE HOME ENVIRONMENT IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADULTHOOD

      • FRANK OSWALD, HANS-WERNER WAHL, DÖRTE NAUMANN, HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF, ANNETTE HIEBER
      Pages 7-24

    3. COMMENTARY: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME: BUT CAN IT BECOME ONE?

      • GRAHAM D. ROWLES
      Pages 25-32

    4. OUTDOOR MOBILITY IN LATE LIFE: PERSONS, ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIETY

      • HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF, STEPHAN BAAS, ROMAN KASPAR, FRANK OSWALD, HANS-WERNER WAHL
      Pages 33-45

    5. COMMENTARY: MOBILITY—A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS

      • JON E. BURKHARDT
      Pages 47-52

    6. AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGEING IN CONTEXT

      • HANS-WERNER WAHL, VERA HEYL, STEFANIE BECKER, OLIVER SCHILLING, HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF
      Pages 53-64

    7. COMMENTARY: AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGING IN CONTEXT

      • AMY HOROWITZ
      Pages 65-70

  3. FOCUSING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE

    1. INTRODUCTION: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE

      • ANDREAS KRUSE
      Pages 73-79

    2. THE INFLUENCE OF MARITAL SUPPORT ON MARITAL SATISFACTION: ARE THERE AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES?

      • MARINA SCHMITT, MATTHIAS KLIEGEL
      Pages 81-92

    3. COMMENTARY: CHANGED GENDER ROLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MARITAL SUPPORT AND SATISFACTION

      • PASQUALINA PERRIG-CHIELLO
      Pages 93-98

    4. STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

      • ELKE VOSS, ANNE-KATRIN STEGMANN, JOHANNES SCHRÖDER2
      Pages 99-113

    5. COMMENTARY: STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS: THE PARADIGM SHIFT

      • ELAINE WETHINGTON
      Pages 115-118

    6. PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE

      • CHRISTOPH ROTT, DANIELA JOPP, VERA D’HEUREUSE, GABRIELE BECKER
      Pages 119-129

    7. COMMENTARY: WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE: OLD AND NEW ISSUES

      • BO HAGBERG
      Pages 131-134

  4. FOCUSING ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING

    1. INTRODUCTION: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN AGEING RESEARCH

      • HERMANN BRENNER
      Pages 137-138

    2. CANCER AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES OF PREVENTION

      • HERMANN BRENNER, VOLKER ARNDT
      Pages 139-151

    3. COMMENTARY: CANCER IN THE ELDERLY: PREVENTION AND BETTER CARE NEEDED

      • JAN WILLEM COEBERGH
      Pages 153-158

    4. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION

      • DIETRICH ROTHENBACHER, HERMANN BRENNER
      Pages 159-168

    5. COMMENTARY: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION

      • S. GOYA WANNAMETHEE
      Pages 169-174
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  • German Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Hans-Werner Wahl, Hermann Brenner, Heidrun Mollenkopf, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Christoph Rott

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