Developmental Regulation in Adulthood : Age-Normative and Sociostructural Constraints as Adaptive Challenges (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments; List of tables and figures; Introduction; 1. Selectivity and failure compensation as fundamental requirements of human behavior and development; 2. The life course as a context of action; 3. Primary and secondary control across the life span; 4. A model of developmental regulation across the life span; 5. Developmental goals as organizers of developmental regulation; 6. Developmental regulation in different life-course ecologies; 7. Social comparisons as prototypical strategies in developmental regulation; 8. Conclusions and prospects for future research; References; Indexes.