Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, is a Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Adjunct Professor and Faculty Fellow in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She received her doctorate in developmental psychology from Columbia University in 1974 and completed a postdoctoral training program in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, having joined the faculty there in 1984. Her publications include 22 published books, many in multiple editions, and 200 journal articles and chapters. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Aging. In addition to her professional writing, she writes a blog for Psychology Today called "Fulfillment at Any Age" and has consulted for publications of the National Geographic Society in psychology.Stacey B. Whitbourne, PhD, received her doctorate in social and developmental psychology from Brandeis University in 2005. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Currently, she is a research health scientist at the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center (MAVERIC), a research center housed within the VA Boston Healthcare System. She serves as the Director of Cohort Development and Management for the Million Veteran Program, a longitudinal health and genomic cohort funded by the Department of Veteran's Affairs Office of Research and Development. Additionally, she is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate epidemiologist at the Division of Aging at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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• Preface xAcknowledgments xviiAbout the Authors xviii1 Themes and Issues in Adult Development and Aging 12 Models of Development: Nature and Nurture in Adulthood 213 The Study of Adult Development and Aging: Research Methods 424 Physical Changes 605 Health and Prevention 876 Basic Cognitive Functions: Speed, Attention, and Memory 1107 Higher-order Cognitive Functions 1298 Personality 1489 Relationships 16710 Work, Retirement, and Leisure Patterns 18811 Mental Health Issues and Treatment 21112 Long-term Care 23313 Death and Dying 25014 Successful Aging 268Glossary G-282References R-299Author Index AI-344Subject Index SI-367

Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, is a Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Adjunct Professor and Faculty Fellow in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She received her doctorate in developmental psychology from Columbia University in 1974 and completed a postdoctoral training program in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, having joined the faculty there in 1984. Her publications include 22 published books, many in multiple editions, and 200 journal articles and chapters. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Aging. In addition to her professional writing, she writes a blog for Psychology Today called "Fulfillment at Any Age" and has consulted for publications of the National Geographic Society in psychology.Stacey B. Whitbourne, PhD, received her doctorate in social and developmental psychology from Brandeis University in 2005. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Currently, she is a research health scientist at the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center (MAVERIC), a research center housed within the VA Boston Healthcare System. She serves as the Director of Cohort Development and Management for the Million Veteran Program, a longitudinal health and genomic cohort funded by the Department of Veteran's Affairs Office of Research and Development. Additionally, she is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate epidemiologist at the Division of Aging at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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• Preface xAcknowledgments xviiAbout the Authors xviii1 Themes and Issues in Adult Development and Aging 12 Models of Development: Nature and Nurture in Adulthood 213 The Study of Adult Development and Aging: Research Methods 424 Physical Changes 605 Health and Prevention 876 Basic Cognitive Functions: Speed, Attention, and Memory 1107 Higher-order Cognitive Functions 1298 Personality 1489 Relationships 16710 Work, Retirement, and Leisure Patterns 18811 Mental Health Issues and Treatment 21112 Long-term Care 23313 Death and Dying 25014 Successful Aging 268Glossary G-282References R-299Author Index AI-344Subject Index SI-367