title: [Orientations and models in psychogerontology (author's transl)].
abstract: As Baltes and Willis (1977) state: theories, especially psychological theories are scarce in gerontology. When we look at the short history of psychogerontology, we can differ as the first period: the period of the biological model, which offered only a negative image of growing older. This deficit-model has been unmasked, especially by the growing consciousness of the difference between cross-sectional versus longitudinal research-data. Other models as the disengagement model have been stressed. The present development towards a life-span developmental model as the background for every period of the aging process appears as the only basis for a fruitful growth of the science of psychogerontology.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory
vernacular_title: Orientierungen, beziehungsweise Modelle der Psycho-Gerontologie: Ein kurzer Uberblick.