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The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age|Hans-Werner Wahl

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

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781402041372
  • ISBN-10: 1402041373
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publish Date: January 2006
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
  • Page Count: 267

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