The Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development: History, Theory, and Research (Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McFadden, Susan H.

Magai, Carol

Mental Health

Springer

This up-to-date summary of research in the field highlights the pivotal role that emotions play in personality formation and social behavior. The authors discuss this research in its historical context, placing current developments within the broader framework of the field's own research history, and that of developmental psychology in general. They treat developmental topics from both the classic age-comparative and normative-descriptive approaches, as well as from an individual differences perspective.

New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality

Examine the questions of “how,” “what,” and “why” associated with religiousness and spirituality in the lives of older adults!  New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality explores new ways of thinking about a topic that was once taboo but that has now attracted considerable attention from the gerontological community. It examines various approaches to methodology and definition that are used in the study of religion, spirituality, and aging. In addition, it explores the ways that gerontological research can highlight the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of older adults.  The first section will introduce you to new ways of thinking about research methodology and data analysis that can be applied to studying the complexity of older adults' religious/spiritual practice and beliefs. You'll learn several approaches to the study of phenomena that are both personal and also deeply embedded in community.  The second section addresses issues of definition, exploring important questions that call for critical reflection, such as: “What are we studying?” “What social and psychological influences shape our thinking about definition?” and “Do the definitions used by gerontologists match those held by older people?”  The final section moves the study of religion, spirituality, and aging beyond a focus on health and mortality to examine well-being more broadly in the context of the life experiences of older adults.  Here is a small sample of what you'll learn about in New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality:  structural equation modeling—a statistical method designed to capture the dynamics inherent in the passage of time  feminist qualitative methods for studying spiritual resiliency in older women  spirituality as a public health issue  the differences between groups of older people in the way they define religion and spirituality  the psychosocial implications of two types of religious orientation—“dwelling” and “seeking”  older women's responses to the experience of widowhood and to the question of whether their religious beliefs were affected by the experience  how social context influences our decisions and our interpretations of people's religious beliefs, behaviors, and experiences  the ways that people caring for a spouse with dementia rely on religious coping  a model that delineates three different ways people relate to God in coping—and a study that asks whether these types of coping produce different outcomes for caregivers  how people adjust to bereavement as a function of their beliefs about an afterlife

Politics & Social Sciences

Brennan, Mark

Social Sciences

Routledge

Examine the questions of “how,” “what,” and “why” associated with religiousness and spirituality in the lives of older adults! New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality explores new ways of thinking about a topic that was once taboo but that has now attracted considerable attention from the gerontological community. It examines various approaches to methodology and definition that are used in the study of religion, spirituality, and aging. In addition, it explores the ways that gerontological research can highlight the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of older adults. The first section will introduce you to new ways of thinking about research methodology and data analysis that can be applied to studying the complexity of older adults' religious/spiritual practice and beliefs. You'll learn several approaches to the study of phenomena that are both personal and also deeply embedded in community. The second section addresses issues of definition, exploring important questions that call for critical reflection, such as: “What are we studying?” “What social and psychological influences shape our thinking about definition?” and “Do the definitions used by gerontologists match those held by older people?” The final section moves the study of religion, spirituality, and aging beyond a focus on health and mortality to examine well-being more broadly in the context of the life experiences of older adults. Here is a small sample of what you'll learn about in New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality: 
<ul>
<li> structural equation modeling—a statistical method designed to capture the dynamics inherent in the passage of time </li>
<li> feminist qualitative methods for studying spiritual resiliency in older women </li>
<li> spirituality as a public health issue </li>
<li> the differences between groups of older people in the way they define religion and spirituality </li>
<li> the psychosocial implications of two types of religious orientation—“dwelling” and “seeking” </li>
<li> older women's responses to the experience of widowhood and to the question of whether their religious beliefs were affected by the experience </li>
<li> how social context influences our decisions and our interpretations of people's religious beliefs, behaviors, and experiences </li>
<li> the ways that people caring for a spouse with dementia rely on religious coping </li>
<li> a model that delineates three different ways people relate to God in coping—and a study that asks whether these types of coping produce different outcomes for caregivers </li>
<li> how people adjust to bereavement as a function of their beliefs about an afterlife</li>
</ul>

Religion & Spirituality

Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age―roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population.
Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorizing elders based on their cognitive consciousness, the McFaddens contend that the only humanistic, supportive, and realistic approach is to find new ways to honor and recognize the dignity, worth, and personhood of those journeying into dementia. Doing so, they argue, counters the common view of dementia as a personal tragedy shared only by close family members and replaces it with the understanding that we are all living with dementia as the baby boomers age, particularly as early screening becomes more common and as a cure remains elusive. The McFaddens' inclusive vision calls for social institutions, especially faith communities, to build supportive, ongoing friendships that offer hospitality to all persons, regardless of cognitive status. 
Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.

McFadden, John T.

Parenting & Relationships

Johns Hopkins University Press

Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age―roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population.
Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorizing elders based on their cognitive consciousness, the McFaddens contend that the only humanistic, supportive, and realistic approach is to find new ways to honor and recognize the dignity, worth, and personhood of those journeying into dementia. Doing so, they argue, counters the common view of dementia as a personal tragedy shared only by close family members and replaces it with the understanding that we are all living with dementia as the baby boomers age, particularly as early screening becomes more common and as a cure remains elusive. The McFaddens' inclusive vision calls for social institutions, especially faith communities, to build supportive, ongoing friendships that offer hospitality to all persons, regardless of cognitive status. 
Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.

This up-to-date summary of research in the field highlights the  pivotal role that emotions play in personality formation and social  behavior. The authors discuss this research in its historical context,  placing current developments within the broader framework of the  field's own research history, and that of developmental psychology in  general. They treat developmental topics from both the classic  age-comparative and normative-descriptive approaches, as well as from  an individual differences perspective.

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The Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development: History, Theory, and Research (Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy)

The Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development: History, Theory, and Research (Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy)

New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality

New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality

Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

The Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development: History, Theory, and Research (Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy)