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

For the past 4 decades, many studies seeking to develop a definition and identify critical
determinants of successful aging have been published. To date, there is still no consensus …

Social support has been reliably related to physical health outcomes. However, the
conceptual basis of such links needs greater development. In this article, I argue for a life …

Examining the interpersonal effects of suffering in the context of family caregiving is an
important step to a broader understanding of how exposure to suffering affects humans. In …

Objectives: The present study attempts to extend previous research examining differences
between young and older adults in emotion regulation, by investigating age differences …

Since the 1950s, the phrase successful aging has been used increasingly to represent the
factors and conditions underlying healthy aging and is often attributed to the healthy elderly …

This study examined whether having a negative expectation of the future may protect well-
being in old age. Participants were 200 adults age 60 years or older who rated their current …

The central premise of this chapter is that that there is no single fundamental cause of
healthy aging but rather a multiplicity of factors working together to facilitate optimal …

Objective: There is no consensual definition of “successful aging.” Our aim was to review the
literature on proportions of subjects meeting criteria and individual components of definitions …

The reminiscence bump is a robust finding demonstrated mostly with the cue-word method
in Western cultures. The first aim of the study was to replicate the reminiscence bump using …