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Becca R. Levy is a professor of Epidemiology (Social and Behavioral Sciences) at Yale School of Public Health and Professor of Psychology at Yale University.She is a leading researcher in the fields of social gerontology and psychology of aging. [1]
Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; developed by Stanford psychologist Laura L. Carstensen) is a life-span theory of motivation.The theory maintains that as time horizons shrink, as they typically do with age, people become increasingly selective, investing greater resources in emotionally meaningful goals and activities.
Positive coping strategies are used when faced with emotional crises, as well as when coping with everyday mental and physical losses. [132] Adult development comes with both gains and losses, and it is important to be aware and plan ahead for these changes in order to age successfully.
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At 59, I’m Embracing Aging With a Positive Attitude and Inspiring Others to Do the Same. Shannen Zitz. March 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM. At 59, I’m Embracing Aging With a Positivity Hearst Owned.
Positive adult development is a subfield of developmental psychology that studies positive development during adulthood. It is one of four major forms of adult developmental study that can be identified, according to Michael Commons ; the other three forms are directionless change, stasis, and decline. [ 1 ]
Laura L. Carstensen is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy and professor of psychology at Stanford University, where she is founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity [1] and the principal investigator for the Stanford Life-span Development Laboratory. [2]
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