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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging

Editat de Bob G. Knight
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 mai 2019
In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging, Bob Knight and an editorial team comprised of Nicole Anderson, Shevaun Neupert, Nancy Pachana, and Hans Werner-Wahl, have created a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed articles authored by the top researchers in the field. This work, which is availabe both in print and digitally, serves as a reference to provide a broad overview of the field of psychology and aging, and as a springboard for delving more deeply into specific topics. The first section covers theories and conceptual models that shape the field, including perspectives from neighboring disciplines like biology and sociology of aging. The second covers methodologies and analytic approaches to the study of aging. Section three explores the cognitive and affective neuroscience of aging. Section four covers a wide range of social and environmental influences on aging and on older adults. Section five covers clinical geropsychology, developmental psychopathology and the implications of aging, and finally the late life context for psychological assessment and therapy with older adults.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780190681852
ISBN-10: 0190681853
Pagini: 1864
Dimensiuni: 274 x 198 x 135 mm
Greutate: 3.99 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Bob G. Knight, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Counselling at USQ Toowoomba. Prior to May, 2015, for 28 years he was on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Gerontology, a world leader in the study of aging. He has published extensively in mental health and aging, including Psychotherapy with older adults (Sage, 3rd ed. 2004). He co-authored with Nancy Pachana, Ph.D. (University of Queensland) Psychological assessment and therapy with older adults Oxford University Press (2015). His writing on psychotherapy with older adults includes development of the Contextual Adult Life Span Theory for Adapting Psychotherapy (CALTAP).His research has focused on issues in stress, emotion and aging, including age differences in the effects of emotion on cognition, cultural differences in stress and coping model for family caregivers of frail older adults, and work on developing a measure of wisdom.Dr. Knight's work has been recognized by multiple national awards. He servedas the President of Section II, Division 12 (Clinical Geropsychology) of the American Psychological Association in 1997; President of APA Division of Adult Development and Aging, 2003-04; chair of the APA Committee in Aging, 2001. Dr. Knight received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. His professional experience in working with older adults began while working at the Urban League of Madison County (IN) where he organized and served as first president of the Madison County Council on Aging in 1973.