Life-span perspectives on health and illness /

Life-span perspectives on health and illness / edited by Thomas L. Whitman, Thomas V. Merluzzi, Robert D. White. - x, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background -- Conceptual Frameworks for Viewing Health and Illness / Biological Development and Health Risk / Physical Health Across the Life Span: A Behavioral Genetic Approach / Poverty and Health Across the Life Span / Children, Family, and Health -- Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development and Health / Environmental Aspects of Infant Health and Illness / Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Childhood Health and Disease / Adolescent Development and Health / Chronic Illnesses in Childhood / Adulthood, Aging, and Health -- Adulthood and Aging: Transitions in Health and Health Cognition / Resiliency in Later Life / The Health Effects of Caregiving for Adults in Later Life / Death and Dying Across the Life Span / Summary and Conclusions -- Some Considerations on Integrating Psychology and Health From a Life-Span Perspective / T.L. Whitman -- K.J. Sipes Kolberg -- J.M. Braungart-Rieker, C.S. Bergeman -- E.E. Bolig, J.G. Borkowski, J. Brandenberger -- K.J. Sipes Kolberg -- T.L. Whitman, R.D. White, K.M. O'Mara, M.C. Goeke-Morey -- J.M. Braungart-Rieker, A.L. Guerra -- D.M. Gondoli -- P.J. Miceli, J.F. Rowland, T.L. Whitman -- T.V. Merluzzi, R. Nairn -- C.S. Bergeman, K.A. Wallace -- D.O. Vachon -- J.L. McIntosh -- E.M. Cummings. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.

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Health promotion.
Life cycle, Human
Developmental psychology.
Life change events.
Aging--Psychological aspects
Human Development
Socioeconomic Factors.

RA427.8. / L54 1999

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