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I. Theoretical and Methodological Issues1. Health Psychology and Aging: An Introduction, Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III2. Challenging Assumptions about Adult Development: Implications for the Health of Older Adults, Sarit A. Golub and Ellen J. Langer3. A Developmental Approach to Psychosocial Risk Factors and Successful Aging, Cynthia A. Berg, Timothy W. Smith, Nancy J. M. Henry, and Gale E. Pearce4. Methods in Health Psychology: Relevance to Aging, Heather Young and Peter Vitaliano5. The Relevance of a Lifespan Developmental Approach to Health, Avron Spiro IIIII. Biological Issues6. Psychoneuroimmunological Processes in Aging and Health, Tara L. Gruenewald and Margaret E. Kemeny7. The Psychoneuroendocrinology of Aging: Anabolic and Catabolic Hormones, Elissa S. Epel, Heather M. Burke, and Owen M. Wolkowitz8. Cardiovascular Reactivity in Older Adults, Denise C. Cooper, Leslie I. Katzel, and Shari R. WaldsteinIII. Psychosocial Issues9. A Lifespan Approach to Personality and Longevity: The Case of Conscientiousness, Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin10. Sense of Control and Health: A Dynamic Duo in the Aging Process, Marilyn McKean Skaff11. Coping, Health, and Aging, Carolyn M. Aldwin, Loriena A. Yancura, and Daria K. Boeninger12. Health and Psychological Consequences of Caregiving, Richard H. Fortinsky, Howard Tennen, Natalie Frank, and Glenn Affleck13. Psychosocial Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Resilience among Older Adults, Mary C. Davis, Alex J. Zautra, Lisa M. Johnson, Kate E. Murray, and Heather A. Okvat14. Optimizing Social Relationships as a Resource for Health and Well-Being in Later Life, Karen S. Rook, Shahrzad Mavandadi, Dara H. Sorkin, and Laura A. Zettel15. Issues of Diversity in Health Psychology and Aging, Barbara W. K. Yee and David A. Chiriboga16. Religious and Spiritual Issues in Health and Aging, Crystal L. ParkIV. Clinical Issues17. Self-Regulation of Health Threats, Affect, and the Self: Lessons from Older Adults, Howard Leventhal, Rachel Forster, and Elaine Leventhal18. The Role of Clinical Health Geropsychology in the Health Care of Older Adults, Sara Honn Qualls and Charles C. Benight19. Effects of Changes in Diagnostic Thresholds on Health Care for Older Adults, Robert M. Kaplan20. Health Psychology and Aging: Moving to the Next Generation of Research, Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, and Avron Spiro III