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Psychologies of ageing : theory, research and practice (electronic book) / Elizabeth Peel, Carol Holland, Michael Murray, editors

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9783319970349 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.67/PSY
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Contents:
Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: The Psychologies of Ageing; Ageing; Psychological Theories; Critical Social Psychology; Biological, Cognitive, and Health Psychology; Societal Psychology; An Introduction; References; Part I: Social and Critical Psychology; 2: Ageing Identities in the Twenty-First Century: The Social and Practical Effects of Talk About Being Old; Ageing Identities; Social Constructionism; Twenty-First-Century Constructions of Ageing; Dependence; Successful Ageing; Individualisation
Intergenerational InequityMedicalisation and Healthism; Ageing Bodies; Discourses Speak to Each Other; Discourses Are Promulgated Through the Media; Accepting and Resisting Ageing Identities; Research Example: A Study of Discourses of Leisure; Productive Time Discourse; Personal Time Discourse; Negotiating Identities; Conclusion; References; 3: Ageing Sexualities Through a Critical Lens: Bringing Social Psychology, Sociology, and Intersectionality into Dialogue; Introduction; Positioning Sexualities; The Psychology of Stereotyping; Ageing and Ageism; The Shift: Positive Ageing
Critical Social PsychologyCritical Social Psychology on Ageing and Sex; Intersectionality and a Sociology of Ageing Sexualities; Research Example: An Intersectional Narrative Approach to Ageing Sexualities; The Slipperiness of Sexual Identities; Challenging Age and Ageism; Ageing Sexualities at the Intersection; Conclusion; References; 4: Empathy as a Way of Acknowledging Patients' Personhood in Palliative Care Interactions; Ageing, Dying, and Palliative Care; Empathy as an Interactional Phenomenon; The Conversation Analytic Approach to Empathy and Emotion
Prior Conversation Analytic Research on EmpathyResearch Example: Ways of Doing Empathy with Older Patients; Patients Telling Stories; Acknowledging the Person Behind the Symptoms; Older Patients' Emotions and the Medical Agenda; Conclusion; Appendix: Glossary of Transcription Symbols; References; Part II: Cognitive and Biological Psychology; 5: Stress, the Immune System, and Healthy Ageing; Introduction; Psychological Stress; The Stress Response; The Immune System; Ageing and Immunity; Stress Hormones and Ageing; Caregiver Stress and Immunity in Ageing; Chronic Stress and Immunity in Ageing
Social Support and Immunity in AgeingConclusion; References; 6: Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Risk of Dementia; Introduction; Physical Activity; Cognitive Activity; Diet and Nutrition; Feasibility of Risk Reduction; Conclusions; References; 7: Frailty and Resilience: Are They Necessarily Mutually Exclusive?; Introduction; Background: What Is Frailty?; Frailty Is Malleable; A Role for Health Psychology in Improving Acceptability and Effectiveness of Frailty Intervention; Research Example 1: Qualitative Studies of Beliefs and Experiences; The Role of Health Psychology Theory
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Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: The Psychologies of Ageing; Ageing; Psychological Theories; Critical Social Psychology; Biological, Cognitive, and Health Psychology; Societal Psychology; An Introduction; References; Part I: Social and Critical Psychology; 2: Ageing Identities in the Twenty-First Century: The Social and Practical Effects of Talk About Being Old; Ageing Identities; Social Constructionism; Twenty-First-Century Constructions of Ageing; Dependence; Successful Ageing; Individualisation

Intergenerational InequityMedicalisation and Healthism; Ageing Bodies; Discourses Speak to Each Other; Discourses Are Promulgated Through the Media; Accepting and Resisting Ageing Identities; Research Example: A Study of Discourses of Leisure; Productive Time Discourse; Personal Time Discourse; Negotiating Identities; Conclusion; References; 3: Ageing Sexualities Through a Critical Lens: Bringing Social Psychology, Sociology, and Intersectionality into Dialogue; Introduction; Positioning Sexualities; The Psychology of Stereotyping; Ageing and Ageism; The Shift: Positive Ageing

Critical Social PsychologyCritical Social Psychology on Ageing and Sex; Intersectionality and a Sociology of Ageing Sexualities; Research Example: An Intersectional Narrative Approach to Ageing Sexualities; The Slipperiness of Sexual Identities; Challenging Age and Ageism; Ageing Sexualities at the Intersection; Conclusion; References; 4: Empathy as a Way of Acknowledging Patients' Personhood in Palliative Care Interactions; Ageing, Dying, and Palliative Care; Empathy as an Interactional Phenomenon; The Conversation Analytic Approach to Empathy and Emotion

Prior Conversation Analytic Research on EmpathyResearch Example: Ways of Doing Empathy with Older Patients; Patients Telling Stories; Acknowledging the Person Behind the Symptoms; Older Patients' Emotions and the Medical Agenda; Conclusion; Appendix: Glossary of Transcription Symbols; References; Part II: Cognitive and Biological Psychology; 5: Stress, the Immune System, and Healthy Ageing; Introduction; Psychological Stress; The Stress Response; The Immune System; Ageing and Immunity; Stress Hormones and Ageing; Caregiver Stress and Immunity in Ageing; Chronic Stress and Immunity in Ageing

Social Support and Immunity in AgeingConclusion; References; 6: Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Risk of Dementia; Introduction; Physical Activity; Cognitive Activity; Diet and Nutrition; Feasibility of Risk Reduction; Conclusions; References; 7: Frailty and Resilience: Are They Necessarily Mutually Exclusive?; Introduction; Background: What Is Frailty?; Frailty Is Malleable; A Role for Health Psychology in Improving Acceptability and Effectiveness of Frailty Intervention; Research Example 1: Qualitative Studies of Beliefs and Experiences; The Role of Health Psychology Theory