The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age: Integrating Epidemiological, Psychological and Social Perspectives

By H. Wahl

he main aim of the book is to provide an interdisciplinary treatment of a set of key issues of current ageing research, i.e., health, competence, and well-being. These key issues are addressed based on three converging research streams: social-ecological research, which assumes that major processes and outcomes of ageing such as day-to-day competence are shaped by social and physical-spatial environments; geropsychology research, which is driven by a life-span developmental conception of ageing; and epidemiology, which offers most fundamental disease, function and prevention-related data. Each of the three major research directions are outlined by a short introduction, followed by three chapters treating in an empirical manner most recent key research questions. All chapters are then also discussed by renowned ageing experts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402041373
• ISBN13: 9781402041372
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"