Problems and methods. Stress in the aged : concepts and issues ; The study design ; Settings and people -- On the nature of stress. The impact of threat and loss ; The crisis of environmental change -- Adaptation to stress. The management of threat and loss ; Rick factors : prediction of adaption ; Personality and adaptation -- The psychology of old age. Distance from death : a strategy for studying development in late life ; The maintenance of self-identity ; The function of reminiscence ; Hope and despair -- Conclusion. Stress, adaptation, and development : a reassessment
