Toward an Integrative Science of Life-Span Development and Aging
Toward an Integrative Science of Life-Span Development and Aging
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbq017
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Piccinin, Andrea M.
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作者：
Hofer, Scott M.;Piccinin, Andrea M.
老龄化研究需要一个综合的生命周期发展框架，涉及跨学科合作和多种方法方法，以理解个体如何以及为什么以规范和特殊的方式变化。我们强调并总结了在进行理解老龄化相关变化的综合研究时遇到的一些问题，包括：跨不同分析水平的结果整合；理论、设计和分析的整合；以及对衰老研究结果的综合。我们强调纵向设计对于理解发展和衰老的必要性，并讨论了在人体内过程中实现可重复研究应考虑的方法问题。鉴于历史变迁和文化差异对寿命过程和老龄化相关结果的影响程度，重要的是，当前和未来的研究应提供机会进行人口间的定量比较。
The study of aging demands an integrative life-span developmental framework, involving interdisciplinary collaborations and multiple methodological approaches for understanding how and why individuals change, in both normative and idiosyncratic ways. We highlight and summarize some of the issues encountered when conducting integrative research for understanding aging-related change, including, the integration of results across different levels of analysis; the integration of theory, design, and analysis; and the synthesis of results across studies of aging. We emphasize the necessity of longitudinal designs for understanding development and aging and discuss methodological issues that should be considered for achieving reproducible research on within-person processes. It will be important that current and future studies permit opportunities for quantitative comparison across populations given the extent to which historical shifts and cultural differences influence life-span processes and aging-related outcomes.