"It's About Time" Applying Life Span and Life Course Perspectives to the Study of Subjective Age
"It's About Time" Applying Life Span and Life Course Perspectives to the Study of Subjective Age
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10.1891/0198-8794.35.55
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2015-01-01
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Montepare, Joann M.
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Barrett, Anne E.;Montepare, Joann M.
主观年龄是主观老龄化的一个组成部分，在国内和全球都受到了越来越多的经验关注。主观年龄反映了个体感知自己的年龄，涉及到多个维度上的时间体验--包括一生，其特点是经历了发育生命阶段的运动，以及社会结构的、历史背景下的生命历程转变。然而，在主观年龄的研究中，时间性问题受到的关注有限。我们通过以时间性为中心的两个理论视角来考虑主观年龄来解决这一局限性：生命跨度和生命过程视角。寿命视角通过指出推动年龄认同的发育过程和年龄触发因素，阐明了生命阶段之间和生命阶段内的差异。生命历程观点强调了在主观年龄中塑造与年龄相关的模式的其他时间问题，指出了影响发展过程的社会、文化和历史因素。我们利用这些观点来组织关于主观年龄的已知知识，并为进一步的研究提出新的背景和联系。我们的分析提醒人们注意考虑跨越广泛时间跨度的主观年龄的多维性的重要性，以及探索发展过程、生命历程轨迹和历史背景之间的交集的必要性。
Subjective age, a component of subjective aging, has received growing empirical attention locally and globally. Reflecting the age individuals perceive themselves to be, subjective age involves the experience of time along multiple dimensions-including lifetime, marked by movement through developmental life stages and socially structured, historically contextualized life course transitions. However, issues of temporality have received limited attention in studies of subjective age. We address this limitation by considering subjective age through the lens of two theoretical perspectives that center on temporality: the life span and life course perspectives. The life span perspective illuminates variation across and within life stages by pointing to developmental processes and age triggers that drive age identity. The life course perspective highlights other temporal issues that shape age-related patterns in subjective age, pointing to social, cultural, and historical factors that impact developmental processes. We employ these perspectives to organize what is known about subjective age and to suggest new contexts and connections for further research. Our analysis calls attention to the importance of considering the multidimensionality of subjective age across broad spans of time as well as the need to explore intersections among developmental processes, life course trajectories, and historical contexts.