Aging and Cumulative Inequality: How Does Inequality Get Under the Skin?
Aging and Cumulative Inequality: How Does Inequality Get Under the Skin?
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/gnp034
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv
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作者：
Ferraro, Kenneth F.;Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv
目的：本文从累积不利因素和生命历程理论出发，为老龄化的社会科学研究提供一种新的理论。设计和方法：累积不平等（CI）理论的五个公理阐明，以确定生命历程轨迹的影响，早期和积累的不平等，但可以修改可用的资源，感知轨迹，和人类机构。结果如下：虽然Cl的概念已经引起了社会科学家的极大关注，它有希望整合其他学科的方法来研究衰老，包括但不限于，生物学，流行病学和免疫学。Cl理论对老年学的适用性在成人健康的早期起源的研究中得到了说明。含义：该理论对老年学的主要贡献包括更加关注家庭血统作为不平等的来源;基因，妊娠和童年对早期和持久的不平等至关重要;风险和机会的发生，持续时间和程度;以及以群体为中心的研究对概括的限制。
Purpose: This article draws from cumulative disadvantage and life course theories to develop a new theory for the social scientific study of aging. Design and Methods: Five axioms of cumulative inequality (CI) theory are articulated to identify how life course trajectories are influenced by early and accumulated inequalities but can be modified by available resources, perceived trajectories, and human agency. Results: Although the concept of Cl has attracted considerable attention among social scientists, it holds promise for integrating additional disciplinary approaches to the study of aging including, but not limited to, biology, epidemiology, and immunology. The applicability of Cl theory to gerontology is illustrated in research on the early origins of adult health. Implications: Primary contributions of the theory to gerontology include greater attention to family lineage as a source of inequality; genes, gestation, and childhood as critical to early and enduring inequalities; the onset, duration, and magnitude of exposures to risk and opportunity; and constraints on generalizations arising from cohort-centric studies.