Developing in Older Age: An Integrative View - Softcover

Zittoun, Tania

Softcover

ISBN 10: 100950469X ISBN 13: 9781009504690

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Despite rising life expectancies and growing attention to the increasing proportion of older persons in rich democracies, we still know surprisingly little about how people develop after 60. This book proposes an integrative approach to development in older age that expands sociocultural psychology across the life course. It shows that people develop into older age while acting, feeling, remembering, imagining, and moving in the spaces where they live and interact with others. The diversity and singularity of ageing trajectories is also studied, highlighting how deeply the environment can guide and support as well as expand upon or offer resources to older persons. The author demonstrates the role of carefully designed social and institutional settings and well-planned ageing policies in fostering 'ageing in place'. By exploring housing, formal and informal care networks, and everyday arrangements that help older persons live meaningful lives, this volume speaks to anyone concerned with ageing.

About this title

About the Author

Tania Zittoun is a professor in sociocultural psychology at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. She researches sociocultural psychology of the life course, showing the role of transitions, symbolic resources and imagination in development. Tania currently serves as President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, and is Associate Editor of Culture & Psychology and Theory & Psychology. She is also the author of The Pleasure of Thinking (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 100950469X
• ISBN 13: 9781009504690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296