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1 online resource (306 pages) |
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Cover; Lighter as We Go; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over Time; 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me'ness; 2. A Look at the Grownup Years: Early, Middle, and Later Adulthood; 3. Character Strengths and Virtues; 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A Brief History of Aging in the Western World; Part II The Virtues; 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self; 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the Oy |
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7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto Others8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve; 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't Know; 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (Almost); 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future; Part III Putting the Virtues to Work; 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social Isolation; 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders; Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings; Index |
| Summary |
The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes. And there is something to worry about, though it isn't what you'd expect: research shows that having a bad attitude toward aging when we're young is associated with poorer health when we're older. These worries tend to peak in midlife; but in Lighter as We Go, Mindy Greenstein and Jimmie Holland show us that, contrary to common wisdom, our sense of well-being actually increases with our age--often even in the presence o |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Aging -- Social aspects
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Well-being -- Age factors.
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Middle age -- Psychological aspects.
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Middle age -- Social aspects
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Older people -- Psychology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects
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Aging -- Social aspects
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Middle age -- Psychological aspects
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Middle age -- Social aspects
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Older people -- Psychology
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Well-being -- Age factors
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holland, Jimmie C., author.
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| ISBN |
9780199360963 |
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0199360960 |
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0199360952 |
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9780199360956 |
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0199360979 |
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9780199360970 |
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