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| Preface | |
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| Defining the Journey: Some Assumptions, Definitions, and Methods | |
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| Explaining Development in Adulthood | |
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| Explaining Stability in Adulthood | |
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| Asking the Questions: Research Designs and Methods | |
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| Finding the Answers: Collecting and Analyzing Data | |
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| Theories of Adult Development | |
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| Conceptual Organization of Theories | |
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| Theories of Developmental Progress With Stages | |
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| Developmental Progress Without Stages: Vaillant's Theory of Adaptation to Life | |
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| Theories of Developmental Change With Stages | |
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| Theories of Developmental Change Without Stages | |
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| Additional Theoretical Complexities | |
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| Some Shared Flaws and Weaknesses in the Theories | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Theories of Primary Aging | |
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| Longevity, Life Expectancy, and Life Span | |
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| Physical Changes over Adulthood | |
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| The Effects of Physical Aging on Behavior | |
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| Pulling the Threads Together: An Overview of Physical Changes in Adulthood | |
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| Some Recurring Themes and Remaining Questions | |
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| Health and Health Habits | |
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| Age-Related Patterns in Health and Disease | |
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| Age Changes in Specific Diseases | |
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| Age Changes in Mental Health | |
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| Individual Differences in Health and Disease | |
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| A Review of Age-Related Health Changes | |
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| Changes in Cognitive Abilities | |
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| Intelligence | |
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| Memory | |
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| Real-World Cognition | |
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| Individual Differences in Cognitive Change | |
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| Review of Age Changes and Search for Balance | |
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| Social Roles | |
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| Social Role Transitions | |
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| Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes | |
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| Social Roles in Early Adulthood | |
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| Social Roles in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Social Roles in Late Adulthood | |
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| Social Roles in Atypical Families | |
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| The Effect of Variations in Timing | |
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| Development of Relationships | |
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| Development of Adult Relationships: Some Theories | |
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| Intimate Partnerships in Adulthood | |
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| Relationships with Other Family Members | |
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| Friendships in Adulthood | |
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| Review of Social Relationships in Adulthood | |
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| Work and Retirement | |
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| Importance of Work in Adulthood | |
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| Selecting a Career | |
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| Age Trends in Work Experience | |
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| Work and Personal Life | |
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| Retirement | |
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| Effects of Retirement | |
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| A Concluding Note | |
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| Personality Stability and Change | |
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| Personality Trait Structures | |
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| Personality Development | |
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| Personality Stability or Change | |
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| The Growth of Meaning | |
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| Why a Chapter on the Growth of Meaning? | |
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| How Can We Study Possible Age Changes in Meaning Systems? | |
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| Religious Participation over Adulthood | |
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| The Development of Meaning Systems over Adulthood | |
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| Integrating Meaning and Personality: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis | |
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| The Process of Transition | |
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| Commentary and Conclusions | |
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| Stress and Resistance | |
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| A Few Theories of Stress | |
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| Effects of Stress on Adult Functioning | |
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| Individual Differences in Stress Experience and Response | |
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| Resistance Resources | |
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| Specific Types of Stressful Events in Adulthood | |
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| Themes of Adult Development | |
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| Young Adulthood: From 18 to 25 | |
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| Early Adulthood: From 25 to 40 | |
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| Middle Adulthood: From 40 to 65 | |
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| Late Adulthood: From 65 to 75 | |
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| Late-Late Adulthood: From 75 Until Death | |
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| Death and Dying | |
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| The Meanings of Death | |
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| Fear and Anxiety About Death | |
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| Preparation for Death | |
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| The Process of Dying | |
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| Where Death Occurs | |
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| Physician-Assisted Suicide | |
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| After Death: Rituals and Grieving | |
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| Living and Dying: A Final Word | |
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| The Successful Journey: Individual Differences in Adult Development | |
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| Variations in Successful Adult Development | |
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| A Model of Adult Growth and Development: Trajectories and Pathways | |
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| A Last Look at the Model | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |