Preface
PART ONE-SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE AGING PROCESS Intentionality: Toward a Framework for the Study of Adaptation in Adulthood, Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal
No Exit: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Aging, Victor W. Marshall
Social and Psychological Determinants of Adaptation, Morton A. Lieberman
PART TWO-HOW DO WE PERCEIVE AGE Transition to Aging and the Self-Image, Kurt W. Back
The Measurement of Social Age, Charles L. Rose
The Ages of Me: Toward Personal and Interpersonal Definitions of Functional Aging, Robert Kastenbaum, Valerie Derbin, Paul Sabatini, and Steven Artt
The Effect of Perceived Age on Initial Impressions and Normative Role Expectations, Janet H. Lawrence
PART THREE-PERSONALITY: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER THE LIFE COURSE Ego Functioning in Old Age: Early Adult Life Antecedents, Joseph A. Kuypers
Patterns of Personality Development in Middle-Aged Women: A Longitudinal Study, Florine B. Livson
Age Differences in Personality Structure Revisited: Studies in Validity, Stability, and Change, Paul T. Costa, Jr. and Robert R. McCrae