ISBN:
0805827714
,
0805827722
,
9780805827712
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (x, 313 p)
,
ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Life-span Perspectives on Health and Illness
DDC:
306.461
Schlagwort(e):
Health promotion
;
Developmental psychology
;
Life cycle, Human
Kurzfassung:
This volume offers a comprehensive and conceptually integrated overview of the changing biological, psychological, and social/environmental influences on health and illness from the prenatal period through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. B
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I: Background; 1 Conceptual Frameworks for Viewing Health and Illness; 2 Biological Development and Health Risk; 3 Physical Health Across the Life Span: A Behavioral Genetic Approach; 4 Poverty and Health Across the Life Span; PART II: Children, Family, and Health; 5 Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development and Health; 6 Environmental Aspects of Infant Health and Illness; 7 Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Childhood Health and Disease; 8 Adolescent Development and Health; 9 Chronic Illnesses in Childhood
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
PART III: Adulthood, Aging, and Health10 Adulthood and Aging: Transitions in Health and Health Cognition; 11 Resiliency in Later Life; 12 The Health Effects of Caregiving for Adults in Later Life; 13 Death and Dying Across the Life Span; PART IV: Summary and Conclusions; 14 Some Considerations on Integrating Psychology and Health From a Life-Span Perspective; Author Index; Subject Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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