The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging

ISBN-13: 9780190681852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 1864 str.

Bob G. Knight

O autorze

Bob G. Knight, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Counselling at USQ Toowoomba. Prior to May, 2015, for 28 years he was on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Gerontology, a world leader in the study of aging. He has published extensively in mental health and aging, including Psychotherapy with older adults (Sage, 3rd ed. 2004). He co-authored with Nancy Pachana, Ph.D. (University of Queensland) Psychological assessment and therapy with older adults Oxford University Press (2015). His writing on psychotherapy with older adults includes development of the Contextual Adult Life Span Theory for Adapting Psychotherapy (CALTAP). His research has focused on issues in stress, emotion and aging, including age differences in the effects of emotion on cognition, cultural differences in stress and coping model for family caregivers of frail older adults, and work on developing a measure of wisdom. Dr. Knight's work has been recognized by multiple national awards. He served as the President of Section II, Division 12 (Clinical Geropsychology) of the American Psychological Association in 1997; President of APA Division of Adult Development and Aging, 2003-04; chair of the APA Committee in Aging, 2001. Dr. Knight received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. His professional experience in working with older adults began while working at the Urban League of Madison County (IN) where he organized and served as first president of the Madison County Council on Aging in 1973.