Life Development Psychology

Author: Hu Hongqin / Weng Dingjun / Chen Youfang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: Life-span development psychology is an emerging discipline that explains and analyzes the psychological development of life from the perspective of the entire lifespan. It aims to reveal the characteristics and influencing factors of psychological development at each stage of life by studying these stages, and to examine all stages of life together to achieve optimization at every stage. Through learning, people can better understand themselves and others, scientifically apply knowledge and methods to successfully solve various developmental problems encountered in real life, strive to explore new meaning in life, improve quality of life, and face life with a positive attitude. In China, research on psychological development across the lifespan is still quite limited, and related teaching in higher education is also relatively weak. In response to this situation, the authors, based on their research and teaching experiences, have written this book, Life-Span Development Psychology, hoping to elucidate the patterns and characteristics of psychological development at each stage of life from the perspective of the entire lifespan, deeply understand the various factors influencing individual psychological development, and help people establish a correct view of life development. This will enable people to better understand themselves and others, scientifically apply knowledge and methods, successfully solve various developmental problems encountered in real life, strive to explore new meaning in life, improve quality of life, and face life with a positive attitude.