Psychologies of Ageing

1. Front Matter

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2. The Psychologies of Ageing

   • Michael Murray, Carol Holland, Elizabeth Peel

   Pages 1-17

3. Social and Critical Psychology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Ageing Identities in the Twenty-First Century: The Social and Practical Effects of Talk About Being Old

      • Christine Stephens, Mary Breheny

      Pages 21-50

   3. Ageing Sexualities Through a Critical Lens: Bringing Social Psychology, Sociology, and Intersectionality into Dialogue

      • Sharron Hinchliff, Andrew King

      Pages 51-77

   4. Empathy as a Way of Acknowledging Patients’ Personhood in Palliative Care Interactions

      • Joseph Ford

      Pages 79-104

4. Cognitive and Biological Psychology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Stress, the Immune System, and Healthy Ageing

      • Anna C. Whittaker

      Pages 107-130

   3. Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Risk of Dementia

      • Jordan Elliott-King, Daniele Magistro, Eef Hogervorst

      Pages 131-156

   4. Frailty and Resilience: Are They Necessarily Mutually Exclusive?

      • Carol Holland, Ian Garner, Holly Gwyther

      Pages 157-185

5. Community and Political Psychology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. Co-creating Home and Community: Building Partnerships to Support Older Adults to Age-Well-in-Place

      • Judith Sixsmith, Mei Lan Fang, Sarah Canham

      Pages 189-219

   3. Community Connections and Independence in Later Life

      • Charles Musselwhite

      Pages 221-252

   4. Resisting Negative Social Representations of Ageing

      • Katie Wright-Bevans, Michael Murray

      Pages 253-281

6. Back Matter

   Pages 283-289

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This book brings together a diversity of perspectives on the psychology of ageing. Exploring theoretical, conceptual, empirical and practical viewpoints on the topic, the authors offer insight into a range of contemporary issues. Dedicated chapters discuss themes within social and critical psychology such as ageing identities, sexuality and empathy in palliative care. The second part of the book analyses cognitive and biological aspects of ageing, including stress and health in ageing, dementia and lifestyle, and resilience in frailty in old age. The authors conclude by offering perspectives on community and political psychology, examining home and community supports for older people. Written in an accessible style suitable for students as well as researchers in psychology and the social sciences interested in ageing, this book showcases key theoretical, empirical, and practical issues in later life.

• ageing studies
• cognition in older people
• critical psychology
• biological psychology
• health in ageing
• active ageing
• dementia
• community psychology
• political psychology
• Empathy in palliative care
• Stress and the immune system
• negative social representations of ageing
• age-friendly cities
• Critical social psychology
• Alzheimer’s Disease and Ageing
• New Dynamics of Ageing
• Environmental psychology

• School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

  Elizabeth Peel

• School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

  Carol Holland

• School of Psychology, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK

  Michael Murray

Elizabeth Peel is Professor in Communication and Social Interaction at Loughborough University, UK. Her most recent books are Ageing and Sexualities (with Rosie Harding) and Critical Kinship Studies (with Damien W. Riggs). 


Carol Holland is Professor of Ageing at Lancaster University, UK, and Director of the Centre for Ageing Research. She is a co-ordinator for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. 


 Michael Murray is Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Keele University, UK. He has co-authored Health Psychology (5 editions) and co-edited Critical Health Psychology and Qualitative Health Psychology (with Kerry Chamberlain). 

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