Table of Contents
Contributors. Margret M. Baltes and Paul B. Baltes Preface and Summary. 1. Julius Kuhl Aging Models of Control: The Hidden Costs of Wisdom 2. Ellen A. Skinner and James P. Connell Control Understanding: Suggestions for a Developmental Framework 3. Alison I. Piper and Ellen J. Langer Aging and Mindful Control 4. Lawrence C. Perlmuter, Richard A. Monty and Florentius Chan Choice, Control and Cognitive Functioning 5. Mary M. Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen The Discourse of Control and the Maintenance of Well-Being 6. Judith Rodin Health, Control and Aging 7. Sigrun-Heide Filipp and Thomas Klauer Conceptions of Self Over the Life Span: Reflections on the Dialectics of Change 8. Margie E. Lachman Personal Control in Later Life: Stability, Change and Cognitive Correlates 9. Margaret Gatz, Ilene C. Siegler, Linda K. George and Forrest B. Tyler Attributional Components of Locus of Control: Longitudinal, Retrospective and Contemporaneous Analyses 10. Jochen Brandstädter, Günter Krampen and Friedrich E. Heil Personal Control and Emotional Evaluation of Development in Partnership Relations During Adulthood 11. Charles B. White and Philip Janson Helplessness in Institutional Settings: Adaptation or Iatrogenic Disease? 12. Margret M. Baltes and Rainer Reisenzein The Social World in Long-Term Care Institutions: Psychosocial Control Toward Dependency? 13. Ernst-H. Hoff and Hans-Uwe Hohner Occupational Careers, Work and Control 14. Jurgis Karuza, Jr., Vita C. Rabinowitz and Michael A. Zevon Implications of Control and Responsibility on Helping the Aged. Author Index. Subject Index.
