The Psychology of Ageing

An Introduction Fourth Edition

Ian Stuart-Hamilton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2006
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84310-426-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This well-established text has now been completely revised in an expanded fourth edition. Each chapter has been updated to reflect current thinking. The chapters about personality and lifestyle have been significantly expanded. This new edition is essential reading for all those working with older people, as well as a key text for students.

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This well-established and accessible text has now been completely revised in an expanded fourth edition. Each chapter has been updated to reflect current thinking. The chapters about personality and lifestyle have been significantly expanded. This new edition is essential reading for all those working with older people, as well as a key text for students.

This new edition replaces The Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, ISBN 1 85302 771 5, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2000.

Autor

Professor Ian Stuart-Hamilton was successively a researcher or lecturer at the Universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Buckingham and Worcester, and is currently Professor of Developmental Psychology and Faculty Head of Research at University of Glamorgan.

Inhalt

Preface. 1. What is Ageing? 2. Measuring Intellectual Change in Later Life. 3. Ageing and Memory. 4. Ageing and Language. 5. Ageing, Personality and Lifestyle. 6. Mental Illness and Ageing. 7. Problems in Measuring the Psychological Status of Older People. 8. What is the Future of Ageing? Glossary of Technical Terms. References. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2006
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 173 x 246 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-84310-426-1 / 1843104261
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84310-426-1 / 9781843104261
• Zustand: Neuware