The sociology of the life course and lifespan psychology : Diverging or converging pathways?

By Karl Ulrich Mayer. 2003

95 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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How researchers see this paper

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In Health

1. M. Diewald
2. Angelika Tölke

In Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

1. P. Baltes
2. M. Diewald
3. U. Staudinger
4. Ulman E. R. Lindenberger
5. Angelika Tölke
6. Shih-ying Yang
7. Monika Ardelt
8. Robert J. Sternberg

In Social Psychology

1. P. Baltes
2. M. Diewald
3. U. Staudinger
4. Ulman E. R. Lindenberger
5. Angelika Tölke
6. Robert J. Sternberg
7. Alexander Freund
8. Monika Ardelt

Citations in the corpus

• Insecurities in employment and occupational careers and their impact on the transition to fatherhood in Western Germany (2003, background): “The life course is a cumulative, endogenous process of causation, with former experiences affecting later decisions (Mayer 2003).”
• Life Span Theory in Developmental Psychology (2007, background): “Delineation of these contexts in terms of macrostructural features, like social class, ethnicity, roles, age-based passages and historical periods, is a major goal for the sociological analysis of the life course (e.g., Elder, 1994; Elder & Shanahan, Chapter 12, this Handbook, this volume; Heckhause”
• The Sociology of the Life Course and Life Span Psychology: Integrated Paradigm or Complementing Pathways? (2009, methodology): “In the following we will build on our prior efforts tackling this problem, but we hope to also make true progress in the refinement of our arguments (Diewald 2001; Mayer 2003; Mayer/Diewald 2007).”