Subjective Views of Aging

1. Subjective Views of Aging: An Orientation to this Volume (Manfred Diehl; Amit Shrira & Yuval Palgi).- 2. Advancing the Field of Subjective Views of Aging: An Overview of Recent Achievements (Amit Shrira, Yuval Palgi & Manfred Diehl).- Part 1. Theory.- 3. Ageism towards oneself vs. Ageism towards others in the Context of Views of Aging (Liat Ayalon).- 4. Prescriptive Views of Aging: Disengagement, Activation, Wisdom, and Dignity as Normative Expectations for Older People (Clara de Paula Couto & Klaus Rothermund) 5. Subjective Views on Longevity (Fiona S. Rupprecht & Frieder Lang).- 6. Personal Aging is Political: A Feminist Perspective on Subjective Aging (Anne E. Barrett, Jessica Noblitt, & Cherish Michael).- 7. An Interpersonal Approach to Subjective Views of Aging (Susanna Cohen, Ehud Bodner, & Amit Shrira).- 8. Subjective Views of Aging: A Cultural Perspective (Dikla Segel-Karpas & Yoav S. Bergman).- Part 2. Research.- 9. Subjective Views of Aging and Objective Aging Biomarkers:Achievements and Questions in an Emerging Research Area (Anton Schönstein, Kira Trares & Hans-Werner Wahl).- 10. Subjective Views of Aging: The Utility of Studying Multiple Time Metrics (Ella Cohn-Schwartz & Denis Gerstorf).- 11. Between- and Within-Person Approaches to Subjective Views of Aging (Shevaun D. Neupert & Jennifer Bellingtier).- 12. Fixed and Inevitable or Malleable and Modifiable? (Non)Essentialist Beliefs and Subjective Aging (David Weiss).- 13. Age Stereotypes and Ageism as Facets of Subjective Aging (Alison L. Chasteen, Jordana E. Schiralli, Joel M. Le Forestier, & Caroline Erentzen).- 14. Experimental Studies on Subjective Views of Aging: Overview, Challenges, and Future Directions (Hans-Werner Wahl & Anna Kornadt).- Part 3. Practice and Policy.- 15. Subjective Views of Aging in the Context of Adversity: In Support of a Resource-Stress Model (Yaakov Hoffman, Sharon Avidor & Yuval Palgi).- 16. The Importance of Views of

Yuval Palgi: Yuval Palgi is a clinical psychologist, serving as a full professor at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the past Head of the Department of Gerontology, the co-founder and co-director of the School for Psychotherapy with Older Adults, and chair of the Center for Research and Study of Aging. His research focuses on the tension created by past adversities alongside physical and mental deterioration in old age, and on how subjective views of aging may enhance positive aspects of well-being. His studies include large-scale longitudinal data sets, diary studies, and trials of clinical interventions. He is the developer of two new theoretical concepts, life crossroads and positive solitude, and two measurements tools (Subjective Traumatic Outlook and Positive Solitude). His research has been funded by several organizations, including the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Social Security Institute. He serves on several editorial boards, as well as a fellow in national committees. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Amit Shrira: Amit Shrira is a full professor and the chair of the Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He also supervises the social sciences track at the interdisciplinary graduate program in gerontology. His research program focuses on late-life effects of massive trauma and its intergenerational transmission. Within this framework, he investigates subjective views of aging and their association with health outcomes among traumatized older adults and their family members. His research has been funded by various organizations, including the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry for Retiree Affairs. He serves on several editorial boards and is the recipient of the 2015 Early Career Award granted by the Stress and