A conceptual framework for studying COntext Dynamics in Aging (CODA)
Research on the role of how individual functioning and development are contextually embedded has a long and rich tradition in a variety of disciplines. However, the multitude of different contexts that shape adult development and aging are not well understood as are the processes by which these cont...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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26 September 2018
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Developmental review
Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Pages: 155-176 |
| ISSN: | 0273-2297 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dr.2018.09.003 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2018.09.003 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273229718300066 
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| Author Notes: | Hans-Werner Wahl, Denis Gerstorf |
| Summary: | Research on the role of how individual functioning and development are contextually embedded has a long and rich tradition in a variety of disciplines. However, the multitude of different contexts that shape adult development and aging are not well understood as are the processes by which these contexts operate. We propose a conceptual framework to combine, organize, and integrate the so far often isolated bodies of conceptual perspectives and empirical insights gained in contextual aging science. Key elements of our framework include (a) the proposition that context dynamics change as people move across the different phases of old age and as historical time progresses; (b) a proposal to strategically concentrate on health and well-being as major outcomes of contextual aging research; (c) an inclusive perspective at major contextual research traditions (lifespan psychology, ecology of development and aging, social sciences, health sciences); (d) the simultaneous consideration of proximal and distal contexts for development in central domains of life (socio-economic, social, physical, care/service, technology); and (e) an integrative view on processes operating between contexts and persons (relational concepts of context-person agency, belonging, and stress). To demonstrate the utility of our approach, we apply the framework retrospectively in exemplary ways to a select subset of contextual studies and prospectively derive an exemplary set of empirical predictions for future developmental science. We close by outlining how central questions of contextual research can be addressed in the future and discuss the instrumental role our conceptual framework promises to play towards that end. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 16.04.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 0273-2297 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dr.2018.09.003 |