CONFERENCE--STRUCTURE AND AGING

该提案要求继续举办一系列会议，以探讨与社会宏观和微观结构研究有关的学科与专门研究人类老龄化过程中个体差异的学科之间的相互关系。到目前为止，这些会议讨论的专题有：社会结构和心理老龄化过程(1986年)；现代社会年龄结构的比较观点(1987年)；自我导向和效能：一生中的原因和影响(1988年)；老龄化、健康行为和健康结果(1989年)；社会结构和照料：家庭和跨国视角(1990年)；社会结构和老龄化：历史视角(1991年)；社会对老龄化的影响：代际视角(1992年)；《老年人决策能力法》的影响：社会、行为、法律和伦理视角(1993年)；老年人保持能力的社会机制(1994年)；工作对老年人的影响(1995年)；老年人的社会结构和流动性(1997年)；社会结构和老龄自我概念(1998年)；以及老年人的社会结构和有效的健康行为(1999年)。拟议的会议将讨论以下主题：社会对老年人个人控制的影响(2000年)；技术对成功老龄化的影响(2001年)；以及宗教对老年人健康和福祉的影响(2002年)。每次会议将有18名受邀与会者和最多100名观察员参加。论文和讨论将以卷的形式发表，由会议组织者编辑，在他们的“社会对老龄化的影响”系列中发表。

This proposal requests funds to continue a series of conferences designed to explore the interfaces between disciplines concerned with the study of societal macro- and micro-structures and those disciplines specifically concerned with the investigation of individual differences in human aging processes. Thus far the conferences have addressed the topics of: Social Structure and the Psychological Aging Processes (1986); Comparative Perspectives on Age Structuring in Modem Societies (1987); Self- directedness and Efficacy: Causes and Effects throughout the Life Course (1988); Aging, Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes (1989); Social Structure and Caregiving: Family and Cross-National Perspectives (1990); Social Structure and Aging: Historical Perspectives (1991); Societal Impact on Aging: Intergenerational Perspectives (1992); Impact of the Law on Older Adults' Decision-making Capacity: Social, Behavioral, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives (1993); Societal Mechanisms for Maintaining Competence in Old Age (1994); Impact of Work on Older Individuals (1995); Social Structures and Mobility in the Elderly (1997); Social Structures and the Aging Self-Concept (1998); and Societal Structures and Effective Health Behavior in the Elderly (1999). The proposed conferences will address the topics of Societal Impacts on Personal Control in the Elderly (2000); Impact of Technology on Successful Aging (2001); and, Impact of Religion on Health and Well-being in the Elderly (2002). Each conference will involve 18 invited participants and up to 100 observers. Papers and discussions will be published in volumes edited by the conference organizers in their "Societal Impact on Aging" series.