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Late life is a time when loss becomes more frequent. Grief experiences accumulate as many older people grapple with diminishing adaptive reserves, changes in cognitive and emotional functioning, patterns of social integration, loneliness, and financial risk. In these years, bereavement poses an array of difficult issues for coping, assessment, and intervention. In what is certain to become a landmark volume, Hansson and Stroebe present a critical review of the literature and dominant theories in the field of bereavement and examine how protective and problematic developmental processes affect the experience of bereavement in late life. They argue for a new, more fine-grained understanding of how the processes of aging and bereavement interact to influence life outcomes, adaptive potential, coping capacity, and successful aging. Finally, in a series of specific proposals, the authors present a path for future research on the bereavement experiences of older adults.

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Hansson and Stroebe provide a comprehensive analysis of the research and theories on understanding a variety of life problems experienced by older men and women. The presentation is clearly developed, and the explanations in each chapter demonstrate the need to study the diversity within as well as between age groups. Including an excellent review of empirical studies and theoretical perspectives, the book makes one aware of the importance of introducing a new set of assumptions based on a thoughtful system of the dynamics of old age. Psychological and physical declines predict the risks related to using coping strategies. The two appendixes--"Assessment and Intervention Issues with Older Adults" and "Gerontological Resources for Bereavement Researchers and Practitioners"--will be valuable to those interested in advancing new ideas, theories, and research related to aging and bereavement. The authors propose an integrative framework that contributes an additional new strategy therapists can attempt in helping adults cope with their idiosyncratic differences. This volume will be particularly valuable to developmental psychologists, gerontologists, and medical practitioners, but it will also serve those in training. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. G. M. Greenberg emerita, Western Michigan University

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Hansson -University of Tulsa; Stroebe - The Netherlands