Contributors

Part 1 Theoretical Perspectives on Self and Society Linkages

1. Linking the Self and Society in Social Gerontology: Crossing New Territory via Old Questions

Carol D. Ryff

Victor W. Marshall

Philippa J. Clarke

2. Social Perspectives on the Self in Later Life

Linda K. George

3. Neoteny, Naturalization, and Other Constituents of Human Development

Dale Dannefer

4. Continuity Theory, Self, and Social Structure

Robert C. Atchley

5. Identity and Adaptation to the Aging Process

Susan Krauss Whitbourne

6. Self-Development in Adulthood and Aging: The Role of Critical Life Events

Manfred Diehl

Part 2 Socioeconomic Structures and the Self

7. Practical Consciousness, Social Class, and Self-Concept: A View From Sociology

Jon Hendricks

8. Educational Attainment and Self-Making in Later Life

Melissa M. Franks

A. Regula Herzog

Diane Holmberg

Hazel R. Markus

9. Forging Macro-Micro Linkages in the Study of Psychological Well-Being

Carol D. Ryff

William J. Magee

Kristen C. Kling

Edgar H. Wing

10. Income and Subjective Well-Being Over the Life Cycle

Richard A. Easterlin

Christine M. Schaeffer

Part 3 Contexts of Self and Society: Work and Family

11. Structure and Agency in the Retirement Process: A Case Study of Montreal Garment Workers

Julie A. McMullin

Victor W. Marshall

12. Gender and Distress in Later Life: The Importance of Lifelong Employment and Familial Experiences

Lorraine Davies

13. The Caregiving Context: The Intersection of Social and Individual Influences in the Experience of Family Caregiving

Marsha Mailick Seltzer

Jan S. Greenberg

14. Linking Social Structure and Self-Concept: Variations in Sense of Mastery

Marilyn McKean Skaff

15. Intersections of Society, Family, and Self Among Hispanics in Middle and Later Life

Sonia Miner

Julian Montoro-Rodriguez

16. The Social Psychology of Values: Effects of Individual Development, Social Change, and Family Transmission Over the Life Span

Robert E. L. Roberts

Vern L. Bengtson

Index