Social Structures, Aging, and Self-Regulation in the Elderly

with contributions by Becca R. Levy, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and psychology; edited by K. Warner Schaie, Ph.D., and Laura L. Carstensen (Springer Publishing Company) Contributors to this book explore how societal contexts influence aging and how self-regulation at the most basic levels of functioning influences the physical health and economic circumstances of people as they age.