In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals negotiate and maintain crucial continuities by adaptive change. Topics include adult life crises, illness, sibling relationships, and gender identity. Each chapter is followed by an insightful commentary. This book is a tribute to Bernice L. Neugarten for her contributions to the field of adult development, which includes the concept of continuities.
Contributors include W. Andrew Achenbaum, Robert H. Binstock, James Birren, Bertram J. Cohler, Margaret Hellie Huyck, Boaz Kahana, Eva Kahana, Sheldon S. Tobin, Lillian E. Troll, Steven H. Zarit, and others.
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Foreword by
James E. Birren
Preface
Contributors
Psychological Immunity and the Late Onset Disorders, David Gutmann
Comments by
Bertram J. Cohler
Conceptual and Empirical Advances in Understanding Aging Well Through Proactive Adaptation, Eva Kahana and Boaz Kahana
Comments by
David A. Chiriboga
Continuities and Discontinuities in Very Late Life, Steven H. Zarit
Comments by
Fay Lomax Cook
Life Course and Persistent Psychiatric Illness: Social Timing, Cohort, and Intervention, Bertram J. Cohler, Susan A. Pickett, and Judith A. Cook
Comments by
Morton A. Lieberman
Continuities and Discontinuities in Gender Identity, Margaret Hellie Huyck
Comments by
Deborah T. Gold
A Non-Normative Old Age Contrast: Elderly Parents Caring for Offspring with Mental Retardation, Sheldon S. Tobin
Comments by
Boaz Kahana and Eva Kahana
Perspective on Adult Life Crises, Morton A. Lieberman
Comments by
David Gutmann
In Search of Continuities and Discontinuities Across Time and Culture, David A. Chiriboga
Comments by
Steven H. Zarit
On-Time, Off-Time, Out of Time? Reflections on Continuity and Discontinuity from an Illness Process, Gunhild O. Hagestad
Comments by
Vern L. Bengtson
Continuities and Discontinuities in Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span, Deborah T. Gold
Comments by
Lillian E. Troll
Modified-Extended Families Over Time: Discontinuity in Parts, Continuity in Wholes, Lillian E. Troll
Comments by
Margaret H. Huyck
Continuities and Discontinuities in Intergenerational Relationships Over Time, Vern L. Bengston
Comments by
Gunhild O. Hagestad
Continuities and Discontinuities in Public Policy on Aging, Robert H. Binstock
Comments by
W. Andrew Achenbaum
Public Support for Programs for Older Americans: Continuities Amidst Threats of Discontinuities, Fay Lomax Cook
Comments by
Robert H. Binstock
Looking at Our Future Selves: Neugarten as Gerontologyís Seer, W. Andrew Achenbaum and Celia Berdes
Comments by
Sheldon S. Tobin
Profile of Bernice L. Neugarten
Index
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