CONFERENCE--STRUCTURE AND AGING

这项建议要求提供资金，继续举办一系列会议，探讨研究社会宏观和微观结构的学科与具体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，会议讨论了以下主题：社会结构和心理老化过程（1986年）;现代社会年龄结构的比较观点（1987年）;自我导向和效能：整个生命过程的原因和影响（1988年）;老龄化、健康行为和健康结果（1989年）;社会结构和护理：家庭和跨国观点（1990年）;社会结构和老龄化：历史观点（1991年）;社会对老龄化的影响：代际观点（1992年）;法律对老年人决策能力的影响：社会、行为、法律的和伦理观点（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）;《社会结构和老年人的自我概念》（1998年）;《老年人的社会结构和有效健康行为》（1999年）。拟议的会议将讨论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名受邀与会者和至多100名观察员参加。论文和讨论将由会议组织者在其“社会对老龄化的影响”系列丛书中编辑出版。

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.