Aging, Identity, and Women: Constructing the Third Age
Aging, Identity, and Women: Constructing the Third Age
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DOI：
10.1080/02703149.2016.1116321
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发表时间：
2016-02
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
H. Lorraine Radtke;Jenna M. Young;J. van Mens-Verhulst
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作者：
H. Lorraine Radtke;Jenna M. Young;J. van Mens-Verhulst
“第三年龄”概念化了那些已退休和已过中年但没有面临任何与“老年人”有关的陈规定型观念的残疾的人的生活。它强调身体健康，从年轻人的责任中解脱出来，并继续与世界接触，它阐明了一种在心理学中很少受到关注的积极老龄化的具体形式。我们采用了女权主义和批判性的话语方法，探索八个女人，谁符合第三年龄的配置文件，了解他们的生活和他们是谁。录音半结构化访谈进行了转录和分析。参与者利用四对解释剧目来构建衰老的含义。他们的身份工作涉及将自己定位为“不老”，并在过去和现在之间建立连续性。结果突出了妇女的机构，因为他们之间的话语资源提供给他们谈判。借鉴女权主义治疗的框架，包括强调社会变革，我们讨论了这些结果的影响。
The “Third Age” offers a conceptualization of the lives of those who are retired and beyond middle age but not facing any disability stereotypically associated with the “old.” Emphasizing good health, freedom from the responsibilities of younger adulthood, and continuing engagement with the world, it articulates a specific form of positive aging that has received very little attention within psychology. We adopted a feminist and critical discursive approach in exploring how eight women, who fit the Third Age profile, understand their lives and who they are. Audiotaped semi-structured interviews were transcribed and analyzed. The participants drew on four pairs of interpretative repertoires in constructing the meanings of aging. Their identity work involved positioning themselves as “not old” and establishing continuity between who they have been in the past and who they are now. The results highlight the women’s agency as they negotiated between the discursive resources available to them. Drawing on a framework for feminist therapy that incorporates an emphasis on social change, we discuss the implications of these results.