Identity and Ageing

'Learning to Be' as an Older Adult

Mark Cameron Tennant (University of Technology Sydney)

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Routledge
29 August 2025

Child & developmental psychology; Psychology of ageing; Psychology of gender; Social, group or collective psychology; Psychotherapy

Examining the fundamental social and cultural changes faced by older adults, this book explores ageing and the psychological issues encountered in ‘learning to be’ as an older person.

Many of these issues are present throughout the lifespan but take on a new complexion with advancing age, such as the significance of past, present, and future in our lives; how we relate to others in our world; the impact of our gendered lives; the tension between autonomy and dependence, consumption and production, cognition and emotion; and the psychological impact of biological ageing. Adopting a lifespan developmental approach, this text draws together the psychology of late adulthood, contemporary views about identity, and how we learn and develop in late adulthood.

Acknowledging the historical, social, cultural, biological, and technological factors that impact the psychological experience of identity as we age, this book will be of interest to psychology and social work students studying lifespan development. It will also appeal more broadly to a range of professions that provide services for older adults.

By: Mark Cameron Tennant (University of Technology Sydney)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032457772
ISBN 10: 1032457775
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 29 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Introduction 2. Being one’s self 3. Past, present, and future 4. Self and others 5. Gendered lives 6. Consumption and production 7. Thinking and feeling 8. Autonomy and dependence 9. Biological ageing Epilogue: Thinking about ageing

Mark Cameron Tennant is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Internationally known for his scholarly work on psychology and its application to lifespan development and adult education, he has published widely and was the recipient of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Literature in Adult Education for his book Psychology and Adult Learning.