The Subjective Life Course Framework: Integrating Life Course Sociology with Gerontological Perspectives on Subjective Aging

2021 ◽  
pp. 100448
Author(s):  
Anne E. Barrett ◽  
Harry Barbee
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Life Course Framework ◽  
Subjective Aging

Discrimination, Chronic Stress, and Mortality Among Black Americans: A Life Course Framework

2010 ◽  
pp. 311-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Jackson ◽  
Darrell Hudson ◽  
Kiarri Kershaw ◽  
Briana Mezuk ◽  
Jane Rafferty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Life Course Framework

scholarly journals Frozen transitions to adulthood of young people in Slovenia?

Sociologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Metka Kuhar ◽  
Herwig Reiter
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
International Data ◽  
Life Course Framework ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Youth Transitions

This article reviews key-indicators of youth transitions in Slovenia over the last decades and highlights some of the inherent tensions. Against the background of the metaphor of ?frozen transitions?, which tries to grasp some of the contradictions between the speed of societal change and the stagnating development of youth towards independence, the article describes and reflects the development of youth transitions in the three domains of employment, housing and parenthood. The basis is a selection of indicators available in international data sets and surveys that allow to trace the change at least over the last two decades after the breakdown of Yugoslavia. Our findings indicate that transitions in Slovenia are frozen in all three domains, which challenges the usefulness of the conventional life course framework for studying post-communist contexts.

Measuring the Effect of Neighborhood Racial Segregation on Fetal Growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 019394592110370
Author(s):  
Rebecca D. Kehm ◽  
Dawn P. Misra ◽  
Jaime C. Slaughter-Acey ◽  
Theresa L. Osypuk
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Racial Composition ◽  
Black Neighborhoods ◽  
Environment Study ◽  
Life Course Framework ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Composition Factors

Prior studies of neighborhood racial segregation and intrauterine growth have not accounted for confounding factors in early life. We used the Life-Course Influences on Fetal Environment Study of births to Black women in metropolitan Detroit, 2009–2011, ( N = 1,408) to examine whether health and social conditions in childhood and adulthood confound or modify the association of neighborhood segregation (addresses during pregnancy geocoded to census tract racial composition) and gestational age-adjusted birthweight. Before adjusting for covariates, women living in a predominantly (≥75%) Black neighborhood gave birth to 47.3 grams (95% CI: –99.0, 4.4) lighter infants, on average, compared with women living in <75% Black neighborhoods. This association was confounded by adulthood (age at delivery, parity, neighborhood deprivation) and childhood (parental education, neighborhood racial composition) factors and modified by adulthood socioeconomic position. These findings underscore the complex relationship between neighborhood racial segregation and birth outcomes, which would be enhanced through a life course framework.

scholarly journals Charting the life course: Emerging opportunities to advance scientific approaches using life course research

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi A. Hanson ◽  
Claire L. Leiser ◽  
Gretchen Bandoli ◽  
Brad H. Pollock ◽  
Margaret R. Karagas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Life Course Framework ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Complex Systems Science

Abstract Life course research embraces the complexity of health and disease development, tackling the extensive interactions between genetics and environment. This interdisciplinary blueprint, or theoretical framework, offers a structure for research ideas and specifies relationships between related factors. Traditionally, methodological approaches attempt to reduce the complexity of these dynamic interactions and decompose health into component parts, ignoring the complex reciprocal interaction of factors that shape health over time. New methods that match the epistemological foundation of the life course framework are needed to fully explore adaptive, multilevel, and reciprocal interactions between individuals and their environment. The focus of this article is to (1) delineate the differences between lifespan and life course research, (2) articulate the importance of complex systems science as a methodological framework in the life course research toolbox to guide our research questions, (3) raise key questions that can be asked within the clinical and translational science domain utilizing this framework, and (4) provide recommendations for life course research implementation, charting the way forward. Recent advances in computational analytics, computer science, and data collection could be used to approximate, measure, and analyze the intertwining and dynamic nature of genetic and environmental factors involved in health development.

Toward a Life Course Framework for Studying Vulnerability

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Spini ◽  
Laura Bernardi ◽  
Michel Oris
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Life Course Framework
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