Unreviewed List of Textbooks in Adult Development and Aging (Revised July 2003)

This compilation was originally compiled by Lisa McGuire, and is updated by David Mitchell. Please contact Dr. Mitchell to report errors or omissions. For an interactive form to submit textbook additions, click here.

Introductory/General Adult Development

·        Psychological Focus

• Bee, H.L. (2000). The Journey of Adulthood (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Belsky, J. (1997). The Adult Experience. West Publishing Company.
• Belsky, J. (1999). The Psychology of Aging (3rd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
• Cavanaugh, J.C., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2002). Adult Development and Aging (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
• Hayslip, B., & Panek, P. (2002). Adult Development and Aging (3^rd ed.). Melbourne, FL:  Krieger.
• Hoyer, W. J., & Roodin, P. A. (2003). Adult Development and Aging (5^th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Kimmel, D.C. (1990).  Adulthood and Aging: An Interdisciplinary, Developmental View (3^rd ed.).  New York: Wiley.
• Lemme, B.H. (2002). Development in adulthood (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• Papalia, D.E., Sterns, H.L., Feldman, R.D., & Camp, C.J., (2002). Adult development and aging (2nd ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill.
• Perlmutter, M., & Hall, E. (1995). Adult Development and Aging (2nd ed.). NY:  Wiley.
• Schulz, R., & Salthouse, T. (1999). Adult development and aging: Myths and emerging realities (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Schaie, K.W., & Willis, S.L. (2002). Adult development and aging (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Smolak, L. (1993). Adult development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Stuart-Hamilton, I. (2000). The psychology of ageing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Thomas, J. L. (1992). Adulthood and aging. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
• Vezina, J., Cappeliez, P., & Landreville, P. (1995). Psychologie gerontologique. Montreal: GaetanMorin.
• Whitbourne, S. K. (1996). The aging individual: Physical and psychological perspectives. New York: Springer.
• Whitbourne, S. K. (2001). Adult Development and Aging: Biopsychological Perspectives. New York: Wiley.

·        Sociological Focus

• Achenbaum, W. A., Weiland, S., & Haber, C. (1996). Key words in sociocultural gerontology. New York: Springer.
• Aiken, L.R. (1989). Later Life (3rd ed). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Aiken, L.R. (1995). Aging: An introduction to gerontology . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Aiken, L. R. (1998). Human development in adulthood. New York: Plenum Press.
• Barrow, G.M. (1992). Aging, the individual, and society (5th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West.
• Bengtson, V. L. (1996). Adulthood and aging: Research on continuities and discontinuities. New York: Springer.
• Cox, H. (2000). Aging (13th ed.). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.
• Crandall, R.C. (1991). Gerontology: A behavioral science approach (2nd. Ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
• Hooyman, N.R., & Kiyak, H.A. (1996). Social gerontology: A multidisciplinary perspective. (4th Ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• Matcha, D. A. (1997). The Sociology of Aging: A Social Problems Perspective. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• McPherson, B.D. (1990). Aging as a social process: An introduction to individual and population aging. (2nd Ed.). Austin, TX: Butterworth.
• Moody, H. R. (1994). Aging: concepts and controversies . Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
• Palmore, E. B. (1998). The Facts on Aging Quiz. New York: Springer Publishing.
• Stoller, E.P., & Gibson, R.C. (1994). Worlds of difference: Inequality in the aging experience. CA: Pine Forge Press. 

·        Advanced Texts

• Binstock, R.H., & George, L.K. (Eds.) (1996). Handbook of aging and the social sciences (4th Ed). San Diego: Academic Press.
• Birren, J.E., & Schaie, K.W. (Eds.) (2001). Handbook of the psychology of aging (5^th Ed). San Diego: Academic Press.
• Blieszner, R., & Bedford, V. H. (Eds.). (1995). Handbook of aging and the family. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Cavanaugh, J. C., & Whitbourne, S. K. (Eds.). (1999). Gerontology: An interdisciplinary perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Dixon, R.A. & Baeckman, L. (Eds). (1995). Compensating for psychological deficits and declines: Managing losses and promoting gains . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Heckhausen, J., & Dweck, C.S. (Eds.) (1998). Motivation and self-regulation across the life span. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lawton, M. P., & Salthouse, T. A. (Eds.). (1998). Essential papers on the psychology of aging. New York: New York University Press.
• Maddox, G. L. (Ed.). (2001). The encyclopedia of aging (3rd ed.). New York: Springer.
• Magai, C., & McFadden, S.H. (Eds.) (1996). Handbook of emotion, adult development, and aging. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Settersten, R.A., Jr. (1999).  Lives in time and place: The problems and promises of developmental science.  Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
• Settersten, R.A., Jr. (Ed.) (2003).  Invitation to the life course: Toward new understandings of later life. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
• Settersten, R.A., Jr., & Owens, T. (Eds.) (2002).  Advances in life‑course research: New frontiers in socialization.  London: Elsevier Science, Ltd.
• Willis, S. L., & Reid, J. D. (Eds.). (1999). Life in the middle: Psychological and social development in middle age . San Diego: Academic Press.
• Woodruff-Pak, D. S.(1997)The neuropsychology of aging . Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Cognition and Aging

• Allen, P. A., & Bashore, T. R. E. (1995). Age differences in word and language processing. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland/Elsevier Science.
• Blanchard-Fields, F., & Hess, T.M. (1996). Perspectives on Cognitive Change in Adulthood and Aging. NY: McGrawHill. 
• Cerella, J., Rybash, J., Hoyer, W.J., & Commons, M.L. (Eds.) (1993). Human information processing: Limits on loss. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Craik, F. I. M., & Salthouse, T. A. (Eds.) (2000). The Handbook of Aging and Cognition (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kausler, D.H. (1991). Experimental psychology, cognition, and human aging. New York: Springer Verlag.
• Kausler, D.H. (1994). Learning and memory in normal aging.  San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Light, L. L., & Burke, D. M. (Eds.). (1993). Language, memory, and aging. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Mayr, U., Spieler, D., & Kliegl, R. (2001).  Ageing and Executive Control.  Howe, UK:  Psychology Press.
• Naveh-Benjamin, M., Moscovitch, M., & Roediger, H.L., III. (Eds.). (2001).  Perspectives on Human Memory and Cognitive Aging: Essays in Honour of Fergus Craik.  New York:  Psychology Press.
• Nussbaum, P.D. (Ed.). (1996). Handbook of Neuropsychology of Aging.  New York:  Plenum Publishing.
• Park, D. C., & Schwarz, N. (Eds.). (2000). Cognitive aging: A primer. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
• Perfect, T.J., & Maylor, E.A. (Eds.) (2000).  Models of Cognitive Aging.  New York: Oxford University Press.
• Poon, L. W., Rubin, D. C., & Wilson, B. A. (Eds.) (1989).  Everyday cognition in adulthood and late life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Salthouse, T.A. (1991).  Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Schaie, K. W. (1996). Intellectual development in adulthood. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Stern, P. C., & Carstensen, L. L. (Eds.). (2000).  The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
• Tuokko, H., & Hadjistavropoulos, T.  (1998).  An assessment guide to geriatric neuropsychology.  Mahwah, NJ:   Erlbaum.
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Diversity

• Facio, E. (1996). Understanding Older Chicanas. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Ferraro, F. R. (Ed.) (2002).  Minority and Cross-cultural aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment.  Lisse, the Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.
• Fried, S.B., & Mehrotra, C.M. (1998).  Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience.  Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.
• Harel, Z., McKinney, E. A., & Williams, M. (Eds.). (1990). Black aged: Understanding diversity and service needs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Holmes, E. R., & Holmes, L. D. (1995). Other cultures, elder years: An introduction to cultural gerontology. (2nd. ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Keith, J., Fry, C. L., Glascock, A., Ikels, C., Dickerson Putman, J., Harpending, H. C., & Draper, P. (1994). The aging experience: Diversity and commonality across cultures. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
• Jackson, J., Chatters, L., & Taylor, R. J. (Eds.). (1992). Aging in Black America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Markides, K. S., & Mindel, C. H. (1987). Aging and Ethnicity . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Nelson, T. D. (Ed.) (2002).  Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Shenk, D., & Sokolovsky, J. (Eds.). (1999). Teaching About Aging: Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives(3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Association of Anthropology and Gerontology.
• Sokolovsky, J. (Ed.). (1990). The cultural context of aging: Worldwide perspectives. NY: Bergin & Garvey.
• Stanford, E. P., & Torres Gil, F. M. (Eds.). (1992). Diversity: New approaches to ethnic minority aging. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
• Yeo, G., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (Eds.). (1996). Ethnicity and the dementias. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.

Family Gerontology

• Allen, K.R. (1989). Single women/family ties: Life histories of older women. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Bahr, S.J., & Peterson, E.T. (1989). Aging and the family . Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
• Bentson, V. L., & Robertson, J. F. (Eds.). (1985). Grandparenthood . Beverly Hillis, CA: Sage.
• Brubaker, T.H. (Ed.). (1990). Family relationships in later life (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Burton, L. (Ed.). (1993). Families and aging. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
• Cherlin, A. J., & Furstenberg, F. F. (1986). The new American grandparent. NY: Basic.
• Dippel, R. L., & Hutton, J. T.(1996). Caring for the Alzheimer Patient(3rd ed.). Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
• Dwyer, J.W., & Coward, R.T. (Eds.). (1992). Gender, families, and elder care. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Hansson, R.O., & Carpenter, B.N. (1994). Relationships in old age. New York: Guilford.
• Hendricks, J. (Ed.). (1985). The ties of later life . Amityville, NY: Baywood.
• Ilardo, J. A.(1998). As Parents Age: A Psychological and Practical Guide. Acton, MA: VanderWyk & Burnham.
• Kane, R. A., & Penrod, J. D. (1995). Family caregiving in an aging society: Policy perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Kornhaber, A. (1996). Contemporary grandparenting. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Kosberg, J. I. (Ed.). (1992). Family care of the elderly: Social and cultural changes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Kuhn, D.(1999). Alzheimer’s Early Stages: First Steps in Caring and Treatment. Almeda, CA: Hunter House Publishers.
• Lopata, H. Z. (1996). Current widowhood: Myths and realities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Mancini, J.A. (Ed.). (1989). Aging parents and adult children . Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
• Martin Matthews, A. (1991) Widowhood in later life . Toronto: Butterworths.
• Neidhardt, E. R., & Allen, J. A. (1992). Family therapy with the elderly. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Norris, J.E., & Tindale, J.A. (1994). Among generation s. New York: W.H. Freeman.
• Pipher, M.(1999). Another Country. New York: Riverhead Books.
• Rossi, A. S., & Rossi, P. H. (1990). Of human bonding: Parent-child relations across the life course.
• Ryff, C. D., & Seltzer, M. M. (Eds.). (1996). The parental experience in midlife. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Smith, G. C., Power, P. W., Robertson-Tchabo, E. A., & Tobin, S. S. (1995). Strengthening aging families: Diversity in practice and policy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Stephens, M.A., Crowther, J.H., Hobfoll, S.E., & Tennenbaum, D.L. (Eds.) (1990). Stress and coping in later life families . New York: Hemisphere.
• Szinovacz, M.E., Ekerdt, D.J., & Vinick, B.H. (1992). Families and retirement. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Friendships and Social Networks

• Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. (Eds). (1989). Older Adult Friendship. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 
• Allan, G. (1989). Friendship. NY: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
• Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. (1992). Adult friendship . Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Dykstra, P. A. (1990). Next of (non)kin. Rockland, MA: Swets & Zeitlinger.
• Knipscheer, C. P. M., & Antonucci, T. C. (Eds.). (1990). Social network research: Substantive issues and methodological questions . Rockland, MA: Swets and Zeitlinger.
• Knipscheer, C. P. M., de Jong Gierveld, J., van Tilburg, T. G., & Dykstra, P. A. (Eds.). (1995).  Living arrangements and social networks of older adults. Amsterdam: VU University Press.
• Matthews, S. H. (1986).  Friendships through the life course. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Nardi, P. M. (1992).Men’s friendships. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• O’Connor, P. (1992). Friendships between women. NY: Guilford.
• Peterson, W. A., & Quadagno, J. (Eds.). (1985). Social bonds in later life. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
• Rawlins, W. K. (1992). Friendship matters. NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Gender

• Arber, S., & Ginn, J. (1992). Gender and later life.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Davis, N.D., Cole, E., & Rothblum, E.D. (Eds.). (1993). Faces of Women and Aging. NY: Harrington Park Press.
• Friedan, B.(1993). The Fountain of Age. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Garner, J.D., & Mercer, S.O. (Eds.). (2001). Women as they age (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth.
• Lopata, H. Z. (1994). Circles and settings: Role changes of American women. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Nardi, P. M. (1992). Men’s friendships. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• O’Connor, P. (1992). Friendships between women. NY: Guilford.
• Rubenstein, R. L. (1986). Singular paths: Old men living alone . NY: Columbia University Press.
• Thone, R.R. (1992). Women and Aging: Celebrating Ourselves . NY: Harrington Park Press.
• Thompson, E.H. (Ed.). (1994). Older men’s lives . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Turner, B.F., & Troll, L.E. (Eds.). (1994). Women growing older: Psychological perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Mental Health & Aging

• Albert, M. S. & Moss, M. B. (1988). Geriatric neuropsychology . New York: Guilford 
• Birren, J.E., Sloane, R.B., & Cohen, G.D. (Eds.) (1992). Handbook of mental health and aging(2nd Ed). San Diego: Academic Press.
• Butler, R. N., Lewis, M. I., & Sunderland, T.(1998) Aging and Mental Health: Positive Psychosocial and Biomedical Approaches (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• Cappeliez, P., Landreville, P., & Vézina, J.(2000) Psychologie clinique de la personne âgée. Ottawa/Paris: Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa/Masson.
• Carstensen, L. L., Edelstein, B. A., & Dornbrand, L. (Eds.). (1996). The practical handbook of clinical gerontology . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Dippel, R.L., & Hutton, J.T. (1996). Caring for the Alzheimer patient (3rd ed.). Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
• Edelstein, B. (Ed.) (2001). Clinical Geropsychology. Oxford: Elsevier Science.
• Fazio, S., Seman, D., & Stansell, J. (1999).  Rethinking Alzheimer’s Care.  Baltimore, MD:  Health Professions Press.
• Genevay, B., & Katz, R. S. (1990). Countertransference and older clients. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Knight, B. (1996)Psychotherapy with older adults . (2nd. ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Knight, B. (1992). Older adults in psychotherapy: Case histories . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Lichtenberg, P. A. (Ed.). (1999). Handbook of assessment in clinical gerontology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
• Nordhus, I. H., VandenBos, G. R., Berg, S., & Fromholt, P. (Eds.). (1998).Clinical Geropsychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Rosowsky, E., Abrams, R.C., & Zweig, R.A. (1999).  Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Emerging Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Smyer, M. A. (Ed.). (1993). Mental health and aging: Progress and prospects. New York: Springer.
• Smyer, M. A., & Qualls, S. H.(1999).Aging and mental health . Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc.
• Storandt, M. & VandenBos, G. R. (1994). Neuropsychological assessment of dementia and depression in older adults: A clinician’s guide. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association
• Toseland, R. W. (1995). Group work with the elderly and family caregivers . New York: Springer.
• Whitbourne, S.K. (Ed.). (2000). Psychopathology in later adulthood . New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Research Methodology

• Baltes, P. B., Reese, H. W., & Nesselroade, J. R. (1988). Lifespan developmental psychology: Introduction to research methods (2nd edition). Monterey, CA: Brooks Cole. Schaie, K.W., Campbell, R.T., Meredith, W., & Rawlings, S.C. (Eds.). (1988). Methodological issues in aging research . New York: Springer Publishing Co.
• Gubrium, J.F., & Sankar, A. (1993). Qualitative methods in aging research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
• Lawton, M.P., & Herzog, R. (Eds.). (1989). Special research methods for gerontology. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
• Mangen, D.J., Bengtson, V.L., & Landry, P.H. (Eds.). (1988). Measurementof intergenerational relations . Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• McAuley. W. J. (1987). Applied research in gerontology. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Social Psychology

• Hess, T. M., & Blanchard-Fields, Fredda (Eds.). (1999). Social cognition and aging. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Pratt, M. W., & Norris, J. E. (1994).The social psychology of aging. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

Workbooks/Exercise Books

• Fried, S., Van Booven, D., & MacQuarrie, C. (1993). Older adulthood: Learning activities for understanding aging. Baltimore: Health Professions Press.
• National Institute on Aging. (1998). Exercise: A guide from the NIA.
• Remnet, V. L. (1989). Understanding older adults: An experiential approach to learning. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

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