Later Life
The Social Psychology of Aging
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-8039-2548-9 (ISBN)
Description
Later Life deals with leading issues in the social psychology of aging. The central aims of the book are: to introduce an interpretive perspective to studies of aging, based on symbolic interactionism and phenomenology; to offer a critique of prevailing theoretical and structural-functional approaches in social gerontology; and to recognize that aging individuals are immersed in social structural contexts that have their own historical and social imperatives and dynamics.
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Content
Dominant and Emerging Paradigms in the Social Psychology of Aging - Victor W Marshall
The Subjective Construction of Self and Society - Carol D Ryff
An Agenda for Life-Span Research
Socialization in Old Age - A Meadian Perspective - Neena Chappell and Harold L Orbach
Some Contributions of Symbolic Interaction to the Study of Growing Old - Don Spence
A Sociological Perspective on Aging and Dying - Victor Marshall
The Old Person as Stranger - James J Dowd
Social Networks and Social Support - Barry Wellman and Alan Hall
Implications for Later Life
Friendships in Old Age - Sarah H Matthews
Biography and Circumstance
The Social Construction of the Life Course - Martin Kohli
Comparative Perspectives on the Microsociology of Aging - Vern L Bengtson
Methodological Problems and Theoretical Issues
The Subjective Construction of Self and Society - Carol D Ryff
An Agenda for Life-Span Research
Socialization in Old Age - A Meadian Perspective - Neena Chappell and Harold L Orbach
Some Contributions of Symbolic Interaction to the Study of Growing Old - Don Spence
A Sociological Perspective on Aging and Dying - Victor Marshall
The Old Person as Stranger - James J Dowd
Social Networks and Social Support - Barry Wellman and Alan Hall
Implications for Later Life
Friendships in Old Age - Sarah H Matthews
Biography and Circumstance
The Social Construction of the Life Course - Martin Kohli
Comparative Perspectives on the Microsociology of Aging - Vern L Bengtson
Methodological Problems and Theoretical Issues