The Berlin Aging Study

An extensive, multidisciplinary study of old age and aging, ranging from 70 to 100 years.

Assessing the stereotyped conceptions of ageing, this book explores the diversity of individual pathways of ageing, the sources of identifications, migration and otherness, and the tension between social structures and personal agency. It is aimed at academics, students and practitioners in the fields of sociology, social psychology and welfare

The author focuses on integrating discipline-specific research and theory about aging, particularly aging in later adulthood, in language that is understandable to practitioners of diverse educational backgrounds."--BOOK JACKET.

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Originally published in 1986, the central topic of this book is the analysis and application of control-related beliefs and behaviours for theory and practice in the psychology of aging. The volume was written for two specific interrelated purposes aimed at cross-fertilization between the psychology of control and the field of gerontology. The first purpose was to summarise available research and theory on the psychology of control for researchers and professionals interested in gerontology at the time. The second was to enrich the field of the psychology of control.