Regression, Stress, and Readjustment in Aging: A Structured, Bio-Psychosocial Perspective on Coping and Professional Support Contributor(s): Ben-Sira, Zeev (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275940780 ISBN-13: 9780275940782 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - Social Science | Social Work - Education |
Dewey: 155.672 |
LCCN: 91017302 |
Lexile Measure: 1480 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.42" W x 9.62" (0.99 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume develops a comprehensive multivariate paradigm of the process of aging, delineating the factors underlying age-related degeneration. The model is aimed at understanding the conditions under which age sets into motion a process of degeneration. Accumulating evidence suggests that age per se is not the decisive factor in age-related regression--leading scholars to distinguish between chronological and functional age. The process of degeneration is evidently due to the combined impact of deleterious biophysiological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors and the interaction among them. Based on this evidence, Zeev Ben-Sira shows how age-related degeneration can be viewed as a product of a damaging cycle of reciprocally activating stimuli from the person's internal and external environment. Consequently, aging is conceptualized as a process of bio-psychosocial regression. The paradigm outlined in this volume identifies factors that are likely to accelerate or decelerate the process of aging. |