title: Paradigms in developmental health psychology--from theory to application: introduction to a special issue.
abstract: This brief introduction sets the background for, describes, and reviews the eight manuscripts that comprise this special issue of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Given the topic of health, behavior, and aging it is noteworthy that these papers speak to concerns shared by all members of The Gerontological Society of America--from the very definition of aging itself to how older persons live their lives.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Siegler
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans