MARGIE E. LACHMAN, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Life-span Developmental Psychology Laboratory at Brandeis University. She was a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, which conducted a large-scale survey of Americans in midlife. Lachman is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division on Adult Development and Aging and the Gerontological Society of America. Lachman is also currently the editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Her research program examines personality, cognitive changes, and health in midlife and old age.

• FRAMEWORKS AND CONTEXTS. A View on Midlife Development from Life-Span Theory (U. Staudinger& S. Bluck). Middle Adulthood in Cultural Perspectives: The Imagined and theExperienced in Three Cultures (U. Menon). BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS. Towards a Biology of Middle Age (C. Finch). The Physical Aging Process in Midlife: Interactions withPsychological and Sociocultural Factors (S. Whitbourne). Health in Midlife: Toward a Life-Span View (A. Spiro). Stress, Coping, and Health at Midlife: A Developmental Perspective(C. Aldwin & M. Levenson). PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES. The Development of Intelligence at Midlife (R. Sternberg, et al.). Memory in Midlife (R. Dixon, et al.). Personality and the Self in Midlife (M. Lachman & R.Bertrand). Emotional Development During the Middle Years (C. Magai & B.Halpern). Adaptation and Resilience in Midlife (J. Heckhausen). Generativity in Midlife (D. McAdams). SOCIAL FACTORS. The Role of Work in Midlife (H. Sterns & M. Huyck). Moving into Retirement: Preparation and Transitions in LateMidlife (J. Kim & P. Moen). Families, Intergenerational Relationships, and Kinkeeping inMidlife (N. Putney & V. Bengtson). Dynamics of Social Relationships in Midlife (T. Antonucci, etal.). Author Index. Subject Index.