ISBN:
9780429708213
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Family life surveys-Congresses
;
Life cycle, Human-Congresses..
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- About the Editor and Authors -- Introduction -- PART 1. DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES -- 1 The Life Course and Aging in Historical Perspective -- The Life Course as an Interdisciplinary and Historical Concept -- Historical Changes in the Timing of Life Course Transitions -- Familial Timing and Changing Life Course Patterns -- Agenda: An Historical Phenomenology of the Life Course -- Citations -- 2 Biography, Autobiography and the Life Course -- 3 Mental Health Across the Family Life Cycle -- Introduction -- Method -- The Sample -- Data Analyses -- Income Adequacy Analyses -- Results -- General Well Being -- Symptoms -- Handling Worries and Unhappiness -- Discussion -- Family Life Stage Profiles -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 A Demographic Approach to the Life Cycle -- References -- PART 2. DISCIPLINES AND EXEMPLARY POPULATIONS -- 5 The Life Course of College Professors and Administrators -- The Men Who Were Studied -- Comparisons of the Social Scientists and Educators -- Area of Residence, Age 5-17 -- Religious Background -- Father's Occupational Status -- Statue of Institutions Served at Age 60 -- Approaching Retirement -- Age at Formal Retirement -- Fractions of Time Working for Pay -- Feelings on Approach of Retirement -- Adjustment to Retirement -- Sub-groups Among College Administrators -- Sub-groups Among Social Scientists -- Study of Publication Sub-groups -- Personality and Life Style Differences -- Personalty Traits That Differentiate Social Scientists From Educators -- Personality Traits That Differentiate High From Low Publishers Among Social Scientists -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- 6 Structure and Dynamics of the Individual Life Course -- Conceptual Background of the Model.
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