Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE—SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE AGING PROCESS Intentionality: Toward a Framework for the Study of Adaptation in Adulthood, Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal

No Exit: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Aging, Victor W. Marshall

Social and Psychological Determinants of Adaptation, Morton A. Lieberman

PART TWO—HOW DO WE PERCEIVE AGE Transition to Aging and the Self-Image, Kurt W. Back

The Measurement of Social Age, Charles L. Rose

"The Ages of Me": Toward Personal and Interpersonal Definitions of Functional Aging, Robert Kastenbaum, Valerie Derbin, Paul Sabatini, and Steven Artt

The Effect of Perceived Age on Initial Impressions and Normative Role Expectations, Janet H. Lawrence

PART THREE—PERSONALITY: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER THE LIFE COURSE Ego Functioning in Old Age: Early Adult Life Antecedents, Joseph A. Kuypers

Patterns of Personality Development in Middle-Aged Women: A Longitudinal Study, Florine B. Livson

Age Differences in Personality Structure Revisited: Studies in Validity, Stability, and Change, Paul T. Costa, Jr. and Robert R. McCrae