Life course research
Life course research is an interdisciplinary field in the social and behavioral sciences. Developed during the 1960s, it aims to study human development over the entire life span. As such, it brings together aspects of human development that had previously only been studied separately.[1] In the 1970s, scholars first started to commonly refer to their field as "life course research".[2] The field includes research conceptualizing the life course as one of many different concepts, including developmental processes, cultural constructs, and demographic accounts.[3]
References
- ^ Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Cullati, Stéphane; Sacker, Amanda; Blane, David (2015). "Introduction". In Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Cullati, Stéphane; Sacker, Amanda; Blane, David (eds.). A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions. Cham (CH): Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0_1. ISBN 978-3-319-20483-3. PMID 27683928.
- ^ George, Linda K. (2003). "Life Course Research Achievements and Potential". In Mortimer, Jeylan T.; Shanahan, Michael J. (eds.). Handbook of the Life Course. Boston, MA: Springer US. pp. 671–680. doi:10.1007/978-0-306-48247-2_31. ISBN 978-0-306-47498-9.
- ^ Mayer, Karl Ulrich (August 2009). "New Directions in Life Course Research". Annual Review of Sociology. 35 (1): 413–433. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134619. ISSN 0360-0572.
Further reading
- Heinz, Walter R.; Krüger, Helga (March 2001). "Life Course: Innovations and Challenges for Social Research". Current Sociology. 49 (2): 29–45. doi:10.1177/0011392101049002004. ISSN 0011-3921. S2CID 143441729.
- O'Rand, Angela (2001). "Stratification and the life course: The forms of life-course capital and their interrelationships". In Binstock, R. H.; George, L. K. (eds.). Handbook of aging and the social sciences. Academic Press.