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Tables of Contents for Aging Well
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Study of Adult Development
3
36
Ripeness Is All: Social and Emotional Maturation
39
44
The Past and How Much It Matters
83
30
Generativity: A Key to Successful Aging
113
28
Keeper of the Meaning
141
18
Integrity: Death Be Not Proud
159
26
Healthy Aging: A Second Pass
185
34
Retirement, Play, and Creativity
219
30
Does Wisdom Increase with Age?
249
8
Spirituality, Religion, and Old Age
257
24
Do People Really Change Over Time?
281
26
Positive Aging: A Reprise
307
40
APPENDICES
A The Three Cohorts
327
7
B An Illustrated Glossary of Defenses
334
2
C Methodology for Assessing Maturity of Adaptive Mental Mechanisms (a.k.a. Defenses)
336
2
D Assessment of Childhood Scales
338
1
E Basic Trust at Age 50 Associated with Childhood Environment and Future Successful Aging
339
1
F Scale for Subjective Physical Health (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living)
340
2
G Scale for Objective Mental Health (Age 50--65)
342
1
H Scale for Objective Social Supports (Age 50--70, Harvard Cohort Only)
343
1
I Scale for Subjective Life Satisfaction
344
1
J Table Contrasting the Happy-Well with the Sad-Sick and the Prematurely Dead
345
1
K Graceful Aging Scale
346
1
Notes
347
12
Acknowledgments
359
2
Index
361