Chapter X: Aging and Psychological Adjustment

Abstract

since the previous (1955) review of this topic. The present review em-phasizes a discussion of trends rather than details of specific studies. Emphasis was given the problems of aging by a Congressional Act (Au-gust 1958) calling for a White House Conference on Aging in January 1961. The President signed the bill which among its provisions calls for furthering research on aging. This act will no doubt give the field im-petus and prestige like that given to the study of child development following the first White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children in 1909. The Council of State Governments also published its recommendations covering research and training as well as services for the aged (37). Centers for research on aging were established, and sev-eral child research institutes expanded their scope to include research on the later years. In some instances research on aging follows from longi-tudinal studies of development. Research on aging differs from that of early development for several

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