Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 26, 2006

Contributors; Forthcoming and Previous Volumes in Series; Preface; Introduction: The Third Age: A Rationale for Research, Jacquelyn B. James and Paul Wink; Section I: Culture and Context for the Third Age; * The Demography of the Third Age, Annemette Sorensen; * Functioning and Well-being in the Third Age, Irina Grafova, Kate McGonagle, and Frank Stafford; * The Work and Retirement Experiences of Aging Black Americans, Edna Brown, James Jackson, and Nakesha Faison; Section II: Anticipating Life in the Third Age; * Strategic Selection as a Retirement Project: Will Americans Develop Hybrid Arrangements? Phyllis Moen and Joyce Altobelli. * Late Middle Age: Transition to the Third Age, Ravenna Helson and Rebecca A. Cate; * Pathways Toward the Third Age: Studying a Cohort from the ""Golden Age"", David G. Winter, Cynthia M. Torges, Abigail J. Stewart, Donna Henderson-King, and Earon Henderson-King; Section III: Change over Time in the Third Age, Age 65-79; * A Coconstructionist View of the Third Age: The Case of Cognition, Sherry Willis and Warner Schaie; * The Impact of Work on the Psychological Health and Well-being of Older Americans, Jacquelyn B. James and Avron Spiro, III; * Change and Stability during the Third Age: Longitudinal Investigations of Self-Rated Health and Religiousness, Michael E. McCullough and Emily Polak; * Social Relations in the Third Age: Assessing Strengths and Challenges using the Convoy, Toni C. Antonucci, Kristine Ajrouch, and Kira Birditt; * Personality and Involvement in Leisure Activities during the Third Age Manfred Diehl and Kathleen M. Berg; Section IV: Everyday Life in the Third Age; * Satisfaction with Retirement in Men's LivesGeorge E. Vaillant and Ana C. DiRago; * Everyday Life in the Third Age, Paul Wink; * Gay Lives in the Third Age: Possibilities and Paradoxes, Bert Cohler and Andrew Hostetler; * Retirement Community Life: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, Allen M. Omoto and Christina D. Aldrich; Conclusion: Is the Third Age the Crown of Life? Paul Wink and Jacquelyn B. James.