Growing Points in Developmental Science: An Introduction
ISBN: 9781138877467 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing Points in Developmental Science is an ISSBD publication based on the millennium symposia papers published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development in 2000. This collection of overview chapters summarises the state of the art and the way forward for this discipline.
Experienced researchers as well as younger, cutting-edge scientists have contributed to this international collection. The topics range from early experience to old age, and include issues in both social and cognitive development. Particular interests are investigated, such as the biological substrates of... Growing Points in Developmental Science is an ISSBD publication based on the millennium symposia papers published in the International Journal of Beha...
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Der Einsatz Von Aufstellungsarbeit in Der Mediation: Eine Qualitative Studie Ueber Anwendungsbeispiele Aus Der Praxis
ISBN: 9783631663820 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aufstellungsarbeit birgt grosses Potenzial fur die Konfliktklarung und nimmt eine immer bedeutender werdende Rolle in der Mediation ein. Die Autorinnen gehen der Frage nach, wie Aufstellungsarbeit das Methodenwerkzeug der Mediation unterstutzen und erganzen kann. Fur eine praktikable Umsetzung des Einsatzes fehlten bislang eine Bundelung von Ausubungsformen und ihre theoretischen Verankerungen. Anhand von Anwendungsbeispielen zeigt dieses Buch in vergleichender Perspektive die Bandbreite von Einsatzmoglichkeiten und stellt eine Verbindung zu den theoretischen Grundlagen her. Dabei nimmt sich...
Aufstellungsarbeit birgt grosses Potenzial fur die Konfliktklarung und nimmt eine immer bedeutender werdende Rolle in der Mediation ein. Die Autorinne...
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198,00 zł |
Handbook of the Biology of Aging
ISBN: 9780124115965 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Eighth Edition, provides readers with an update on the rapid progress in the research of aging. It is a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest and most important advances and themes in modern biogerontology, and focuses on the trend of 'big data' approaches in the biological sciences, presenting new strategies to analyze, interpret, and understand the enormous amounts of information being generated through DNA sequencing, transcriptomic, proteomic, and the metabolomics methodologies applied to aging related problems. The book... Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Eighth Edition, provides readers with an update on the rapid progress in the research of aging. It is a c... |
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496,55 zł |
Practicing Wholeness: Analytical Psychology and Jungian Thought
ISBN: 9781630510923 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wholeness is a difficult concept to understand in any field. Psychology and psychotherapy are no exceptions. If wholeness is the goal of our deepest human desire, how best can we work toward that goal over our lifetime? What path is right for us? Wholeness is a difficult concept to understand in any field. Psychology and psychotherapy are no exceptions. If wholeness is the goal of our deepes... |
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202,01 zł |
70Candles! Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade
ISBN: 9781938552359 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As they turned 70, the authors of 70Candles Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade set out to investigate how women their age and older were living their lives. They sought role models for themselves and messages for the droves of baby boomers on their heels. They were curious about the challenges and joys of their age-mates, their work and retirement status, living arrangements, family and social connections, and more. These septuagenarians knew they were not like their own grandmothers who sat in rocking chairs knitting. But what is the new normal? This book, informative and inspirational,...
As they turned 70, the authors of 70Candles Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade set out to investigate how women their age and older were living their...
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108,52 zł |
Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-Research Paradigm
ISBN: 9781138936775 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming wise, and sharing wisdom are integrally linked to older people s wellbeing. The book highlights appropriate learning styles and pedagogies for older people, including research models emphasising participation, and offers recommendations for research in lifelong learning with the potential to effect change. Focusing upon a collaborative action research project, Sagaciation, chapters explore the involvement of older learners in the design and delivery of the scheme, which... Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming wise, and sharing wisdom are ... |
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506,73 zł |
Human Growth, Behaviour and Development
ISBN: 9781473912748 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards death is an important part of any social work role. Being able to skilfully apply this understanding in real life practice situations is even more important, as purposeful translations of human development are at the heart of effective professional practice. Introducing students to emotional, psychological and social developmental theories of human growth before exploring in detail how these theories can be incorporated into practice, this...
Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards deat...
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172,24 zł |
Human Growth, Behaviour and Development
ISBN: 9781473912731 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards death is an important part of any social work role. Being able to skilfully apply this understanding in real life practice situations is even more important, as purposeful translations of human development are at the heart of effective professional practice. Introducing students to emotional, psychological and social developmental theories of human growth before exploring in detail how these theories can be incorporated into practice, this...
Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards deat...
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557,40 zł |
Depression in Later Life: An Essential Guide
ISBN: 9781442255821 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of the aging process in human beings, has brought insights about the physical, emotional, and social needs of this population, little attention has been given to the mental health of the aging, and often treatable disorders are overlooked entirely. Depression is one of the leading mental disorders in any age group, but among the elderly it is often viewed as a normal part of aging. But it's not. Depression at any age requires attention and...
The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of...
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192,02 zł |
Handbook of Theories of Aging
ISBN: 9780826129420 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging. With virtually all new contributors and content, this edition contains 35 chapters by the most highly respected luminaries in the field. It addresses theories and concepts built on cumulative knowledge in four disciplinary areas√>=biology, psychology, social sciences, and policy and practice√>=as well as landmark advances in trans-disciplinary science. With its explicit focus on theory, the handbook is unique in providing essential knowledge... This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging. With vir... |
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458,67 zł |
The Handbook of Aging and Cognition: Third Edition
ISBN: 9781138975705 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past ten years. This new edition reviews new findings and theories, enables the reader to assess where the field is today, and evaluates its points of growth. The chapters are organized to run from reviews of current work on neuroimaging, neuropsychology, genetics and the concept of brain reserve, through the 'mainstream' topics of attention, memory, knowledge and language, to a consideration of individual... Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number of new theoretical notions, and many new research iss... |
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238,11 zł |
Family, Self, and Society: Toward a New Agenda for Family Research
ISBN: 9781138969612 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Any agenda for family research in the 1990s must take seriously a contextual approach to the study of family relationships. The editors and contributors to this volume believe that the richness in family studies over the next decade will come from considering the diversity of family forms -- different ethnic groups and cultures, different stages of family life, as well as different historical cohorts. Their goal is to make more explicit how we think about families in order to study them and understand them. To illustrate the need for diversity in family studies, examples are presented from...
Any agenda for family research in the 1990s must take seriously a contextual approach to the study of family relationships. The editors and contributo...
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238,11 zł |
Cognitive Aging: The Role of Strategies
ISBN: 9781138121379 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cognitive Aging and the Role of Strategy is the English Language edition of Vieillissement cognitif et variations strategiques, oriiginally published in French . Lemaire is a well-respected professor and text-book author of Cognitive Psychology in France and his English language edition will have updated content on theories of cognitive aging to provide a broad view of adult development and the aging process. This title will be of interest to students of specialist psychology courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level."
Cognitive Aging and the Role of Strategy is the English Language edition of Vieillissement cognitif et variations strategiques, oriiginally publish... |
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760,10 zł |
Women and Positive Aging: An International Perspective
ISBN: 9780124201361 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women and Positive Aging: An International Perspective presents the noted research in the fields of psychology, gerontology, and gender studies, reflecting the increasingly popular and pervasive positive aging issues of women in today's society from different cohorts, backgrounds, and life situations. Each section describes a bridge between the theoretical aspects and practical applications of the theory that is consistent with the scientist-practitioner training model in psychology, including case studies and associated intervention strategies with older women in each... Women and Positive Aging: An International Perspective presents the noted research in the fields of psychology, gerontology, and gender stu... |
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222,92 zł |
Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers
ISBN: 9780253022066 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects serve... Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and ... |
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273,63 zł |
Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers
ISBN: 9780253022165 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects serve... Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and ... |
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131,70 zł |
Cognitive Aging: The Role of Strategies
ISBN: 9781138121386 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cognitive Aging and the Role of Strategy is the English Language edition of ‘Vieillissement cognitif et variations stratégiques’, oriiginally published in French . Lemaire is a well-respected professor and text-book author of Cognitive Psychology in France and his English language edition will have updated content on theories of cognitive aging to provide a broad view of adult development and the aging process. This title will be of interest to students of specialist psychology courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Cognitive Aging and the Role of Strategy is the English Language edition of ‘Vieillissement cognitif et variations stratégiques’, oriiginally pub...
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243,18 zł |
Bullying Among Older Adults: How to Recognize and Address an Unseen Epidemic
ISBN: 9781938870095 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unbeknownst to many, bullying is not an experience limited to childhood, but is an epidemic occurring far too often among older adults as well. Studies have revealed the alarmingly high rate at which older adults in senior programs and care settings are bullied by their peers, resulting in profoundly negative effects on the elders, the staff, and the community in which it is occurring. Bullying Among Older Adults is the first resource to address this critical issue, providing the knowledge and tools to recognize bullying and develop constructive ways to intervene and prevent it. As an expert...
Unbeknownst to many, bullying is not an experience limited to childhood, but is an epidemic occurring far too often among older adults as well. Studie...
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175,76 zł |
Positive Psychology Approaches to Dementia
ISBN: 9781849056106 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia? As accounts of positive experiences in dementia are increasingly emerging, this book reviews current evidence and explores how psychological constructs such as hope, humour, creativity, spirituality, wisdom, resilience and personal growth may be linked with wellbeing and quality of life in dementia. Expert contributors from a range of academic and clinical backgrounds examine the application of positive psychological concepts to dementia and dementia care practice. The...
How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia? As accounts of positive expe...
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143,97 zł |
Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care
ISBN: 9781938870651 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the new edition of this unique professional resource, hospice and palliative care team members--especially social workers and counselors--will find the empirical evidence and compassionate advice they need to provide the most holistic psychosocial care possible to individuals who are dying or bereaved. Encompassing the patients' and families' journeys through diagnosis, treatment, recurrence, palliative care, and bereavement, this guide also identifies the key transitions that most dying patients and their families face, and describes the interventions that are most likely to help....
In the new edition of this unique professional resource, hospice and palliative care team members--especially social workers and counselors--will find...
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346,71 zł |