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Women Growing Older

Psychological Perspectives
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How women decide to balance work, marriage and motherhood; what happens as they age as a result of their decisions; and gender stereotypes of young, middle-aged and older women are among the topics examined in this volume. Relating research on older women to theoretical and conceptual developments in the psychology of adult development and ageing, contributions also include a life-span approach to attachment theory. In addition, a penetrating historical analysis of cultural images of the nature of cognition, mind and creativity is presented, and gender identity continuity and change in midlife explored. The social convey and support-efficacy models are also used to describe causal mechanisms through which social relations and gender differences in social relations may develop.
Introduction - Barbara F Turner Women's Goal Orientations Across the Life Cycle - Carole K Holahan Findings from the Terman Study of the Gifted The Social Clock Project in Middle Age - Ravenna Helson and Laurel McCabe Social Cognition and Gender Stereotypes for Women Varying in Age and Race - Barbara F Turner and Castellano B Turner Women's Creativity and Images of Gender - Gisela Labouvie-Vief Family Connectedness of Old Women - Lillian E Troll Attachments in Later Life The Relevance of Psychodynamic Theories for Understanding Gender Among Older Women - Margaret Hellie Huyck A Life-Span View of Women's Social Relations - Toni C Antonucci
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