Ageing in SocietyJohn Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof SAGE Publications, 2007 M03 8 - 364 pages The Third Edition of this popular and widely-used text provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of aging, exploring the key behavioral and social science theories, concepts, and methods. This new edition of Ageing in Society has been extensively rewritten and reflects new trends in European gerontology, incorporating recent developments in theory and research from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. |
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Page 86
How scientific facts are viewed influences the kinds of research questions asked
and the methods and research designs employed by gerontologists . And the
kind and extent of knowledge about ageing and old age is influenced by the
types ...
How scientific facts are viewed influences the kinds of research questions asked
and the methods and research designs employed by gerontologists . And the
kind and extent of knowledge about ageing and old age is influenced by the
types ...
Page 95
The distinction is not clear - cut and increasingly confused by the emergence of
mixed - methods studies and the adoption by positivists and post - positivists of
some elements of qualitative method and the adoption by interactionists and ...
The distinction is not clear - cut and increasingly confused by the emergence of
mixed - methods studies and the adoption by positivists and post - positivists of
some elements of qualitative method and the adoption by interactionists and ...
Page 100
Three analytical approaches have commonly been used in gerontological
research : thematic content analysis the constant - comparative method ( often
referred to as grounded theory ) ( Glaser and Strauss , 1967 ; Strauss , 1987 )
framework ...
Three analytical approaches have commonly been used in gerontological
research : thematic content analysis the constant - comparative method ( often
referred to as grounded theory ) ( Glaser and Strauss , 1967 ; Strauss , 1987 )
framework ...
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Contents
The biology of ageing | 21 |
Psychological ageing | 38 |
Social theory and social ageing | 68 |
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| Title | Ageing in Society Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology, Freya E. Dittmann-Kohli |
| Editors | John Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 1412900190, 9781412900195 |
| Length | 364 pages |
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