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The '''life course approach''', also known as the ''life course perspective'' or ''life course theory'', refers to an approach developed in the 1960s for analyzing people's lives within [[structural]], [[social]], and [[cultural]] contexts. Origins of this approach can be traced to pioneering studies as Thomas' and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America" from the 1920s or Mannheim's essay on the "Problem of generations".<ref name=elder>Elder, Glen H.; Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson and Robert Crosnoe: ''The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory.'' In: Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan (ed.). ''Handbook of the Life Course.'' Springer, 2003, [[ISBN0306474980]], pp. 3–19.</ref> The life course approach examines an individual's life history and sees for example how early events influence future decisions and events such as marriage and divorce<ref>{{cite book|editor=James M. White; David M. Klein|title=Family theories|url=http://books.google.com/?id=LXepvNAosc8C&dq=life+course+theory|accessdate=2009-07-29|edition=3|year=2007|publisher=Sage|isbn=9781412937481|pages=122}}</ref>, engagement in crime<ref>{{cite book|title=Crime, Life Course Theory of |doi=10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x|url=http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g97814051243319_ss1-151|editor1-first=George|editor1-last=Ritzer|accessdate=2009-07-29|year=2007|author=Piquero, Alex R. and Zenta Gomez-Smith}}</ref>, or [[disease incidence]]<ref>{{cite book|title=A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0192627821|edition=Diana Kuh and Yoav Ben-Shlomo}}</ref>. A life course is defined as "a sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time"<ref>Janet Z. Giele and Glen H. Elder Jr., (eds) Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Sage Publications, 1998 ISBN 0 76191437 4</ref>. In particular, the approach focuses on the connection between individuals and the historical and [[socioeconomic]] context in which these individuals lived.<ref name=elder/><ref name=jrank>{{Cite web|title=Life Course Theory - Historical Development, Key Principles And Concepts, Selected Research Applications|url=http://family.jrank.org/pages/1074/Life-Course-Theory.html|accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref>
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The method encompasses observations including [[history]], [[sociology]], [[demography]], [[developmental psychology]], [[biology]], [[pulic health]] and [[economics]].
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The '''Life course approach''' is used to explain variations in [[disease incidence]], that lifestyle risks to developing [[chronic diseases]] cannot be attributable solely to either early life or adult experiences but instead operate cumulatively throughout life (Kuh and Ben-Shlomo, 1997)
==Life course scholars==
* [[Robert J. Sampson]]
* [[Glen Elder (sociologist)]]


==Further reading==
* Elder, G.H. (1974). Children of the great depression. Social change in life experience. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
* Elder, G. H. (1998). "The Life course as developmental theory." Child Development, 69: 1–12.
* Elder, G.H. and Giele, J.Z. (eds.) (2009). The Craft of Life Course Research. New York: Guilford Press.
* Heinz, W.R., Huinink, J. and Weymann, A. (eds.) (2009). The life course reader. Individuals and societies across time. Frankfurt a. M.: Campus.
* Hutchison. E. (2003). Dimensions of human behavior; person and environment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
* Mayer, K.U. (2009). "New Directions in Life Course Research", Annual Review of Sociology 35: 413–433.



==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
* [http://www.longstudies.longviewuk.com/ Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studie]
* [http://aging.utoronto.ca/ Institute for Life Course and Aging, Toronto]
* [http://www.sfb186.uni-bremen.de/frames/main.htm Collaborative Research Center 186 "Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course"]
* [http://www.lebenslaufarchiv.uni-bremen.de/ Archive for Life course research at Bremen University, Germany] (in German)

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* [http://family.jrank.org/pages/1074/Life-Course-Theory.html Life Course Theory]
* [http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v1n2/katz.html Building the Foundation for a Side-by-Side Explanatory Model:A General Theory of Crime, the Age-Graded Life Course Theory, and Attachment Theory]
* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1132065 The Life Course as Developmental Theory], Society for Research in Child Development
* http://www.corwin.com/upm-data/16295_Chapter_1.pdf



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Gatrell, A.C. (2002) Geographies of Health: an Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell.


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Revision as of 13:45, 9 April 2011

The life course approach, also known as the life course perspective or life course theory, refers to an approach developed in the 1960s for analyzing people's lives within structural, social, and cultural contexts. Origins of this approach can be traced to pioneering studies as Thomas' and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America" from the 1920s or Mannheim's essay on the "Problem of generations".[1] The life course approach examines an individual's life history and sees for example how early events influence future decisions and events such as marriage and divorce[2], engagement in crime[3], or disease incidence[4]. A life course is defined as "a sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time"[5]. In particular, the approach focuses on the connection between individuals and the historical and socioeconomic context in which these individuals lived.[1][6] The method encompasses observations including history, sociology, demography, developmental psychology, biology, pulic health and economics.

Life course scholars


Further reading

  • Elder, G.H. (1974). Children of the great depression. Social change in life experience. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
  • Elder, G. H. (1998). "The Life course as developmental theory." Child Development, 69: 1–12.
  • Elder, G.H. and Giele, J.Z. (eds.) (2009). The Craft of Life Course Research. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Heinz, W.R., Huinink, J. and Weymann, A. (eds.) (2009). The life course reader. Individuals and societies across time. Frankfurt a. M.: Campus.
  • Hutchison. E. (2003). Dimensions of human behavior; person and environment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Mayer, K.U. (2009). "New Directions in Life Course Research", Annual Review of Sociology 35: 413–433.


References

  1. ^ a b Elder, Glen H.; Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson and Robert Crosnoe: The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory. In: Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan (ed.). Handbook of the Life Course. Springer, 2003, ISBN0306474980, pp. 3–19.
  2. ^ James M. White; David M. Klein, ed. (2007). Family theories (3 ed.). Sage. p. 122. ISBN 9781412937481. Retrieved 2009-07-29.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  3. ^ Piquero, Alex R. and Zenta Gomez-Smith (2007). Ritzer, George (ed.). Crime, Life Course Theory of. doi:10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  4. ^ A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology (Diana Kuh and Yoav Ben-Shlomo ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 0192627821.
  5. ^ Janet Z. Giele and Glen H. Elder Jr., (eds) Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Sage Publications, 1998 ISBN 0 76191437 4
  6. ^ "Life Course Theory - Historical Development, Key Principles And Concepts, Selected Research Applications". Retrieved 2009-07-29.


External links

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