New Frontiers in Resilient Aging

Prem S. Fry is Research Professor in the Graduate Psychology Program of Trinity Western University, British Columbia. Corey L. M. Keyes is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University, Atlanta.

• Foreword John W. Rowe; Introduction; 1. Sources of human life strengths, resilience and health Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats; 2. Growth isn't just for the young: growth narratives, eudaimonic resilience, and the aging self Jack J. Bauer and Sun W. Park; 3. Physical resilience and aging: correcting the Tithonus error and the crème brulée error Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey; 4. You can teach an old dog new tricks: harnessing neuroplasticity after brain injury in older adults Gitendra Uswatte and Edward Taub; 5. Resilience in the face of cognitive aging: experience, adaptation, and compensation Christopher Hertzog and Daniela S. Jopp; 6. Why do some people thrive while others succumb to disease and stagnation? Personality, social relations, and resilience Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman; 7. Psychosocial resources as predictors of resilience and healthy longevity of older widows Prem S. Fry and Dominique L. Debats; 8. Resilience and longevity: expert survivorship of centenarians Peter Martin, Maurice MacDonald, Jennifer Margrett and Leonard W. Poon; 9. The socioemotional basis of resilience in later life Anthony D. Ong and Cindy S. Bergeman; 10. Emotional resilience and beyond: a synthesis of findings from lifespan psychology and psychopathology Eva-Marie Kessler and Ursula M. Staudinger; 11. Risk, resilience, and life-course fit: older couples' encores following job loss Phyllis Moen, Stephen Sweet and Rachelle Hill; 12. Resilience in mobility in the context of chronic disease and aging: cross-sectional and prospective findings from the UAB study of aging Patricia S. Sawyer and Richard M. Allman; 13. Positive aging: resilience and reconstruction Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary Gergen.

'Resilience is not just for the young. Indeed, the challenges of getting older present many opportunities for developing resilience and bouncing back stronger than before. The authors of this fine volume show us, in many different ways, that old age need not be a relentless downward slide. Growing old (with the emphasis on growing) can be exciting, creative and fun!' Rob Ranzijn, University of South Australia