FOCUSING ON SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE.- FOCUSING ON SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE.- INTRODUCTION: THE PERSONENVIRONMENT PERSPECTIVE IN AGEING RESEARCH.- THE ROLE OF THE HOME ENVIRONMENT IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADULTHOOD.- COMMENTARY: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME: BUT CAN IT BECOME ONE?.- OUTDOOR MOBILITY IN LATE LIFE: PERSONS, ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIETY.- COMMENTARY: MOBILITYA KEY TO UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS.- AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGEING IN CONTEXT.- COMMENTARY: AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGING IN CONTEXT.- FOCUSING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE.- FOCUSING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE.- INTRODUCTION: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE.- THE INFLUENCE OF MARITAL SUPPORT ON MARITAL SATISFACTION: ARE THERE AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES?.- COMMENTARY: CHANGED GENDER ROLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MARITAL SUPPORT AND SATISFACTION.- STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.- COMMENTARY: STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS: THE PARADIGM SHIFT.- PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE.- COMMENTARY: WELL-BEING IN VERY OLD AGE: OLD AND NEW ISSUES.- FOCUSING ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING.- FOCUSING ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCHCONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH, COMPETENCE, AND WELL-BEING.- INTRODUCTION: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN AGEING RESEARCH.- CANCER AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES OF PREVENTION.-COMMENTARY: CANCER IN THE ELDERLY: PREVENTION AND BETTER CARE NEEDED.- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESAMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION.- COMMENTARY: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG OLDER ADULTS: INCIDENCE, PROGNOSIS AND NEW AVENUES FOR PREVENTION.- MEDICAL CARE FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.- COMMENTARY: MEDICAL CARE FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.- SYNERGIES BETWEEN SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.- SYNERGIES BETWEEN SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.- THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES ON HEALTH, COMPETENCE AND WELL-BEING: LONGITUDINAL FINDINGS FROM THE ILSE.- DETERMINANTS, PROGNOSTIC RELEVANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WITHIN THE KAROLA STUDY.- COMMENTARY: INTERDISCIPLINARY LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF AGEING.- APPLICATIONS AND SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS.- APPLICATIONS AND SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS.- AGEING EUROPE: CHALLENGES FOR POLICY AND RESEARCH.- ON THE RELEVANCE OF AGEING RESEARCH FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE.