The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age

Integrating Epidemiological, Psychological and Social Perspectives

  • Hans-Werner Wahl
  • Hermann Brenner
  • Heidrun Mollenkopf
  • Dietrich Rothenbacher
  • Christoph Rott
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-X
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  2. FOCUSING ON SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE

    1. INTRODUCTION: THE PERSON–ENVIRONMENT PERSPECTIVE IN AGEING RESEARCH
      HANS-WERNER WAHL
      Pages 3-6
    2. THE ROLE OF THE HOME ENVIRONMENT IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADULTHOOD
      FRANK OSWALD, HANS-WERNER WAHL, DÖRTE NAUMANN, HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF, ANNETTE HIEBER
      Pages 7-24
    3. COMMENTARY: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME: BUT CAN IT BECOME ONE?
      GRAHAM D. ROWLES
      Pages 25-32
    4. OUTDOOR MOBILITY IN LATE LIFE: PERSONS, ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIETY
      HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF, STEPHAN BAAS, ROMAN KASPAR, FRANK OSWALD, HANS-WERNER WAHL
      Pages 33-45
    5. COMMENTARY: MOBILITY—A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS
      JON E. BURKHARDT
      Pages 47-52
    6. AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGEING IN CONTEXT
      HANS-WERNER WAHL, VERA HEYL, STEFANIE BECKER, OLIVER SCHILLING, HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF
      Pages 53-64
    7. COMMENTARY: AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGING IN CONTEXT
      AMY HOROWITZ
      Pages 65-70

  3. FOCUSING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE

    1. INTRODUCTION: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE
      ANDREAS KRUSE
      Pages 73-79
    2. THE INFLUENCE OF MARITAL SUPPORT ON MARITAL SATISFACTION: ARE THERE AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES?
      MARINA SCHMITT, MATTHIAS KLIEGEL
      Pages 81-92
    3. COMMENTARY: CHANGED GENDER ROLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MARITAL SUPPORT AND SATISFACTION
      PASQUALINA PERRIG-CHIELLO
      Pages 93-98
    4. STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
      ELKE VOSS, ANNE-KATRIN STEGMANN, JOHANNES SCHRÖDER2
      Pages 99-113
    5. COMMENTARY: STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS: THE PARADIGM SHIFT
      ELAINE WETHINGTON
      Pages 115-118
    6. PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE
      CHRISTOPH ROTT, DANIELA JOPP, VERA D’HEUREUSE, GABRIELE BECKER
      Pages 119-129
    7. COMMENTARY: WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE: OLD AND NEW ISSUES
      BO HAGBERG
      Pages 131-134

  4. FOCUSING ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH—CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING

    1. INTRODUCTION: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN AGEING RESEARCH
      HERMANN BRENNER
      Pages 137-138
    2. CANCER AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES OF PREVENTION
      HERMANN BRENNER, VOLKER ARNDT
      Pages 139-151
    3. COMMENTARY: CANCER IN THE ELDERLY: PREVENTION AND BETTER CARE NEEDED
      JAN WILLEM COEBERGH
      Pages 153-158
    4. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION
      DIETRICH ROTHENBACHER, HERMANN BRENNER
      Pages 159-168
    5. COMMENTARY: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION
      S. GOYA WANNAMETHEE
      Pages 169-174

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Keywords

Ageing Cancer Epidemiological Epidemiology age depression development gender prevention

Editors and affiliations

  • Hans-Werner Wahl
    • 1
  • Hermann Brenner
    • 2
  • Heidrun Mollenkopf
    • 3
  • Dietrich Rothenbacher
    • 4
  • Christoph Rott
    • 5
  1. 1.German Centre for Research on AgeingUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
  2. 2.German Centre for Research on AgeingUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
  3. 3.German Centre for Research on AgeingUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
  4. 4.German Centre for Research on AgeingUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
  5. 5.German Centre for Research on AgeingUniversity of HeidelbergGermany

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