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1. Health psychology and aging : an introduction / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park and Avron Spiro III -- 2. Challenging assumptions about adult development : implications for the health of older adults / Sarit A. Golub and Ellen J. Longer -- 3. A developmental approach to psychosocial risk factors and successful aging / Cynthia A. Berg, Timothy W. Smith, Nancy J. M. Henry and Gale E. Pearce -- 4. Methods in health psychology : relevance to aging / Heather Young and Peter Vitaliano -- 5. The relevance of a lifespan developmental approach to health / Avron Spiro III -- 6. Psychoneuroimmunological processes in aging and health / Tara L. Gruenewald and Margaret E. Kemeny -- 7. The psychoneuroendocrinology of aging : anabolic and catabolic hormones / Elissa S. Epel, Heather M. Burke and Owen M. Wolkowitz -- 8. Cardiovascular reactivity in older adults / Denise C. Cooper, Leslie I. Katzel and Shari R. Waldstein -- 9. A lifespan approach to personality and longevity : the case of conscientiousness / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin -- 10. Sense of control and health : a dynamic duo in the aging process / Marilyn McKean Skaff -- 11. Coping, health, and aging / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Loriena A. Yancura and Daria K. Boeninger -- 12. Health and psychological consequences of caregiving / Richard H. Fortinsky, Howard Tennen, Natalie Frank and Glenn Affleck -- 13. Psychosocial stress, emotion regulation, and resilience among older adults / Mary C. Davis, Alex J. Zautra, Lisa M. Johnson, Kate E. Murray and Heather A. Okvat -- 14. Optimizing social relationships as a resource for health and well-being in later life / Karen S. Rook, Shahrzad Mavandadi, Dara H. Sorkin and Laura A. Zettel -- 15. Issues of diversity in health psychology and aging / Barbara W. K. Yee and David A. Chiriboga -- 16. Religious and spiritual issues in health and aging / Crystal L. Park -- 17. Self-Regulation of health threats, affect, and the self : lessons from older adults / Howard Leventhal, Rachel Forster and Elaine Leventhal -- 18. The role of clinical health geropsychology in the health care of older adults / Sara Honn Quails and Charles C. Benight -- 19. Effects of changes in diagnostic thresholds on health care for older adults / Robert M. Kaplan -- 20. Health psychology and aging : moving to the next generation of research / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park and Avron Spiro III. |