Developmental midlife processes involve resilience, changing challenges, and perceptions
of getting older. In Study I and II, the Managing Life Survey resulted in growth, managing …

Life-span developmental psychology includes a broad array of principles that have wide
application to studying adult development and aging. Three principles have guided my past …

The study of resilience first gained attention in the 1970s, explaining why some children
raised in highly aversive circumstances emerged as functional and capable individuals …

This chapter highlights that resilience is a central concept for both the life span perspective
on human development and for developmental psychopathology. It conveys the idea that …

Ancient stories and legends about success in the face of adversity communicate a human
fascination with resilience that began long before scientists took an interest in such …

This chapter presents an overview of resilience in later life as it relates to both intraindividual
plasticity over time and to interindividual differences in developmental outcomes. It …

Historically, resilience research has been largely the purview of developmental investigators
dealing with early childhood and adolescence. This research primarily focused on at‐risk …

The emerging adulthood years, commonly defined as the late teens and twenties, represent
a period of significant variability and change for much of the population. Thus, it is important …

In this chapter we explore the potential and limits of development across the life span. Our
exploration is conducted with explicit concern for identifying similarities and differences …

The first generation of resilience research has ended and the second is beginning. This
volume is replete with signs of the transition from first to second generation, ranging from the …