Alle Publikationen
2018
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(2018): It's no problem to be polite. Apparent-time change in responses to thanks. In: Journal of Sociolinguistics 22 (2), S. 190-215. DOI: 10.1111/josl.12278
Abstract: This paper reports a rapid and anonymous study of apparent-time change in Toronto among the use of expressions such as you're welcome and no problem as responses to thanks, thank you, and thank you very much. We observe change in progress toward no problem and no worries at the expense of you're welcome. Meanwhile, a change in stylistic stratification is also taking place: for older speakers, no problem is a less formal response, suitable principally for responding to more perfunctory thanks, rather than more formal thank you; among younger speakers, no problem appears at equal rates in response to all levels of thanking expressions. This combination of changes may explain the intensity of the negative attention no problem attracts from prescriptivists and in popular media, in that older people perceive younger speakers as using what to them is an informal variant disproportionately frequently when a formal variant is called for. Cet article rapporte les resultats d'un sondage rapide et anonyme ciblant un changement en temps apparent en anglais torontois concernant les expressions telles que you're welcome et no problem en reponse a thanks, thank you et thank you very much. Nous constatons un changement en cours vers no problem et no worries au detriment de you're welcome. Ce changement est accompagne d'un nivellement stylistique : chez les locuteurs aines, no problem constitue une replique moins polie, convenable en reponse a thanks, variante familiere, plutot qu'a thank you, variante plus soignee; en revanche, chez les jeunes no problem affiche des taux de frequence contextuels qui ne tiennent pas compte de la nature de l'expression de remerciement utilisee. L'emploi de no problem fait couler beaucoup d'encre, ce qui s'expliquerait potentiellement par la complexite de cet ensemble de changements : les aines constateraient dans le discours soutenu des jeunes l'utilisation accrue d'une variante jugee deplacee, alors que les jeunes n'associent aucune marque de formalite a cette variante croissante.
2017
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(2017) : Gerontologie und Geriatrie: Leitfaden Physiotherapie (Siebte Ausgabe): München: Urban & Fischer, S. 679-694
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(2017): Social exclusion of older persons. A scoping review and conceptual framework. In: European journal of ageing 14 (1), S. 81-98. DOI: 10.1007/s10433-016-0398-8
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804395 Abstract: As a concept, social exclusion has considerable potential to explain and respond to disadvantage in later life. However, in the context of ageing populations, the construct remains ambiguous. A disjointed evidence-base, spread across disparate disciplines, compounds the challenge of developing a coherent understanding of exclusion in older age. This article addresses this research deficit by presenting the findings of a two-stage scoping review encompassing seven separate reviews of the international literature pertaining to old-age social exclusion. Stage one involved a review of conceptual frameworks on old-age exclusion, identifying conceptual understandings and key domains of later-life exclusion. Stage two involved scoping reviews on each domain (six in all). Stage one identified six conceptual frameworks on old-age exclusion and six common domains across these frameworks: neighbourhood and community; services, amenities and mobility; social relations; material and financial resources; socio-cultural aspects; and civic participation. International literature concentrated on the first four domains, but indicated a general lack of research knowledge and of theoretical development. Drawing on all seven scoping reviews and a knowledge synthesis, the article presents a new definition and conceptual framework relating to old-age exclusion.
Keywords: Alter, Gerontologie 2016
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(2016) : Entwicklungspsychologie. Alter In: Köhle, Karl; Herzog, Wolfgang; Joraschky, Peter; Kruse, Johannes; Langewitz, Wolf; Söllner, Wolfgang (Hg.): Uexküll, Psychosomatische Medizin: Theoretische Modelle und klinische Praxis: 8. Auflage: München: Urban & Fischer in Elsevier, S. 170-177
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Köhle, Karl; Herzog, Wolfgang; Joraschky, Peter; Kruse, Johannes; Langewitz, Wolf; Söllner, Wolfgang (Hg.) (2016): Uexküll, Psychosomatische Medizin. Theoretische Modelle und klinische Praxis. 8. Auflage. München: Urban & Fischer in Elsevier
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Schirra-Weirich, Liane; Wiegelmann, Henrik (Hg.) (2016): Alter und Altern als (Teilhabe-)Herausforderung für Individuum und Gesellschaft. 1. Auflage. Leverkusen: Budrich, Barbara (Schriften der KatHO NRW)
Keywords: Alter, Älterer Mensch, Gerontologie, Gesellschaft, Soziale Teilhabe, Teilhabe, Überalterung 2015
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(2015): Design Patterns to Enhance Accessibility and Use of Social Applications for Older Adults. In: Comunicar 23 (45), S. 85-94. DOI: 10.3916/C45-2015-09
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present a non-exhaustive set of 36 design patterns for interactive social applications used by older adults. This proposal represents a reliable starting point for designers/developers to easily incorporate usability in interfaces for said technology promoting technology acceptance, use and adoption among older adults. The proposed patterns were based on previous efforts commonly presented as a design criteria and guidelines to describe usability issues in this kind of interfaces, reinforcing those alternatives by specifying related usability issues and providing solutions in a pattern-fashion useful for designers/developers. Pertinence of the patterns was analyzed through a usability study implementing "heuristic evaluation" technique (frequently used in Human-Computer Interaction to obtain users' perception on a particular design). The study was conducted from two perspectives: the vantage point from experts, and the perception of a social group of older adults. The analysis revealed the proposed patterns are conducive to create well-designed interfaces able to provide a better user experience, encouraging a positive impact in the quality of life in older adults.
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(2015): Mangelnde soziale Kompetenz im Jugendalter. In: KINDHEIT UND ENTWICKLUNG 24 (2), S. 123-130. DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000167
Abstract: The JobFit Training, a universal prevention program for adolescents, aims to prevent developmental deviation at the time of transition from school to profession. The present study evaluates the effectiveness of this training, considering adolescents in an educational setting. 78 adolescents, aged between 13.5 and 19.4 years, were the selected from a total sample of 446 adolescents. Inclusion criteria were abnormal prosocial behavior scores assessed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The social and learning behavior ratings of the adolescents were assessed with the Student Self-Assessment Scale for Social and Learning Behavior (SSL). The comparison of the pre- and posttraining measurements shows significant differences with small and medium effects in the SSL domain "social behavior" and the related scales "self-control", "self assertion", and "social contact" as well as in the SSL domain "learning behavior" and the related scale "independent learning". These findings confirm that JobFit Training as a tool that encourages social skills within adolescent populations with deficits in personal resources.
2014
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(2014): Texting everywhere for everything. Gender and age differences in cell phone etiquette and use. In: Computers in Human Behavior 31, S. 314-321. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.053
Abstract: The majority of research on cell phone use has focused on adolescent and young adult users with less attention on cell phone use by those older than 25 years of age. In this study, adult participants from 18 to 68 years completed a survey about their own use of cell phones and the contexts in which they considered cell phone use appropriate. There were age and gender differences in beliefs about the etiquette as to when cell phone use was appropriate. Older participants and women advocated for more restricted cell phone use in most social situations. Men differed from women in that they viewed cell phone calls as more appropriate in virtually all environments including intimate settings. Across all age groups in all communication settings, cell phones were used to text. The only exception was that romantic partners were more likely to receive a call than a text. In the younger age groups, texting communication is so normative that over 25% had dumped or were dumped by a romantic partner. The preponderance of gender similarities point to cell phone usage as a stable communication vehicle for maintaining social contact. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Alter, Angemessenheit, doppelter Treffer, Etikette, Etiquette, Favoriten, Gender, Informations- & Kommunikationstechnik, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Mensch-Technische Systeme, Mobiltelefon, Observablen/Kriterien für sozial angemessenes Verhalten und dessen Bewertung, Quantitativ, Realtechnik, Soziale Angemessenheit, Technik, Techniknutzung, Telefonieren, Umfrage -
(2014): Aging and social perception. So far, more similarities than differences. In: Psychology and Aging 29 (3), S. 451-453. DOI: 10.1037/a0037555
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25244466 Abstract: Despite the pervasiveness of social perception in everyday life, relatively little is known about how the way we see ourselves and other people changes with age. The central questions to consider are if and how the perceiver's age and the perceived person's age affect fundamental processes of social perception. The current collection of 9 articles addresses both questions. Taking Brunswik's lens model of social perception as an overarching theoretical framework, this introduction concludes on the basis of these 9 articles that age as a characteristic of the perceiver does not appear to have a strong effect on social judgments. In contrast, the age of the perceived person or group seems to affect the perceiver's social inferences, interpretation of facial stimuli, or expectations of gains and losses in various domains of functioning. Thus, the articles presented here suggest that, although age is an important social category when perceiving another person, processes of social perception demonstrate more similarities than differences between age groups.
Keywords: Aging, Alter, Gerontologie, Humans, Judgment, MODELS, Psychological, PSYCHOLOGY, Social Perception, Sozialpsychologie -
(2014): The role of age and motivation for the experience of social acceptance and rejection. In: Developmental Psychology 50 (7), S. 1943-1950. DOI: 10.1037/a0036979
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842461 Abstract: A study with n = 55 younger (18-33 years, M = 23.67) and n = 58 older (61-85 years, M = 71.44) adults investigated age-related differences in social approach and avoidance motivation and their consequences for the experience of social interactions. Results confirmed the hypothesis that a predominant habitual approach motivation in younger adults shifts toward a stronger avoidance motivation in older adults. Moreover, age and momentary motivation predicted the experience of an actual social interaction. Younger adults reported stronger negative emotions in a rejection situation when striving to approach acceptance rather than avoid rejection. Conversely, older adults reported fewer positive emotions in a rejection situation when they attempted to avoid rejection rather than approach acceptance. Taken together, the present study demonstrates that the same motivation has different consequences for the experience of potentially threatening social situations in younger and older adults. People seem to react emotionally when the achievement of important developmental goals (approaching others in young adulthood, avoiding negative social interactions in older adulthood) is thwarted. Moreover, results suggest that approach and avoidance motivation play an important role for socioemotional development.
Keywords: 80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Alter, Analysis of Variance, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Gerontologie, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, physiology, PSYCHOLOGY, Self Report, Social Distance, Social Support, Sozialpsychologie, Young Adult 2013
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(2013): Design and Technologies for Understanding Older Adults Social Interactions in Retirement Communities. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 5 (4), S. 575-591. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-013-0219-6
Abstract: Social interactions in retirement communities' shared spaces are a key component to preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people. Given the underutilization of these spaces, placing technologies to promote utilization of- and socialization in-shared spaces might improve independence and quality of life among older adults. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design, development, and technology studies conducted for understanding the social interactions of older adults in retirement communities. To understand current use of shared spaces, observational studies were conducted in a retirement community. Moreover, interventions were implemented to evaluate the impact of designed technologies in shared spaces. The results motivate the need for an automated behavioral mapping surveillance system to quantify social interactions among older adults and technology interventions in retirement communities' shared common areas. This paper describes the development of a video-based analysis system for understanding social interactions among older adults in retirement communities. Specific emphasis is given to describing the automated behavioral mapping surveillance system designed to monitor the number, length, and type of interactions of older adults in retirement communities. We hypothesize that social interactions amongst older adults can be detected using video cameras and microphones strategically placed in the environment, and discuss the development of a surveillance system specifically for quantifying social interaction. This study is relevant for the field of social robotics as an example of a realistic application domain.
2012
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(2012) : From good manners to facework. Politeness variations and constants in France, from the classic age to today In: Bax, Marcel; Kádár, Dániel Z. (Hg.): Understanding historical (im)politeness: Relational linguistic practice over time and across cultures, 41: Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co (Benjamins Current Topics), S. 131-153
Abstract: Forms and conceptions of politeness vary noticeably from one society to another, and also, within a given society, from one age to another. However, it can be assumed that the treatment of politeness phenomena in terms of “facework” as advocated by Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987) might help us to shed some light on both cultural variations and diachronic variations in politeness behaviour. This assumption is tested by considering the question of “good manners” in the French classic age as they are recorded in some prescriptive and literary writings. The study reveals that the profound logic that politeness obeys is the same in all eras. I take a special interest in the “double binds” we are confronted with in the exercise of politeness, looking at, for example, compliments as a ritual activity.
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(2012): Appropriate behaviour across varieties of English. In: Journal of Pragmatics 44 (9), S. 1022-1037. DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.09.015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.09.015 Abstract: Corpus evidence is presented which suggests that from a first-order perspective ‘appropriateness’ and ‘inappropriateness’ are more salient notions than ‘politeness’ and ‘impoliteness’ or ‘rudeness’. It is then argued that norms of appropriate verbal behaviour in a community can be established empirically by employing experimental methods. Production questionnaire data may not reflect what participants would actually say in real life, but reveal what guides their expectations, perception and performance in a given social situation. It is shown that small talk between strangers at a party is governed by diverging norms in different national varieties of English, viz. American English, Irish English and English English. It is further shown that gender and age differences exist within a national variety and that norms of appropriate verbal behaviour seem to be subject to age-grading.
Keywords: Alter, Approriateness, Disziplin, English English, Experimental data, Gender, Gender and age variation, Höflichkeit, Höflichkeitsforschung, Im/politeness, Impoliteness, Inappropriateness, Irish English and American English, Kultur, Kulturdifferenz, Kulturelle Normen, kulturrelativ, kulturspezifisch, Kulturspezifizität, Kulturtheorie, Linguistik, Politeness, Small talk, Soziale Angemessenheit, Sprachgebrauch, Unangemessenheit, Unhöflichkeit, Variational pragmatics 2011
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(2011): Young Diplomats’ Socialization to the Networked Professional Cultures of Their Workplace Communities. In: VOCATIONS AND LEARNING 4 (3), S. 253-273
Abstract: The purpose of the present investigation was to examine young diplomats' socialization to the professional expert culture of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland over a six-month on-job training period, as part of their preparation for service in the diplomatic corps. Using social network analysis, we analyzed departments' internal social structures, prevailing social relations, and the young diplomats' role and position in the networks of knowledge acquisition, practical know-how, and professional collaboration. Data collected by contextual event sampling and theme interviews and analyzed by qualitative content analysis were used to characterize the young diplomats' personal social support networks, resources obtained, as well as associated reflections regarding their functioning in and socialization to the departmental workplace community. The results indicated that across the six-month training period, the young diplomats became involved to the workplace communities' networked expertise and were socialized to its expert culture, even if their achieved networking positions differed. The results revealed differences between levels of collective operational practices in the workplace communities as well as the nature of assignments in which the young diplomats participated and for which they were responsible. It was proposed that these differences mirrored distinction between expansive natures of young diplomats' workplace communities as learning environments.
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(2011): Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness. In: Journal of Historical Pragmatics 12 (1-2), S. 133-155. DOI: 10.1075/jhp.12.1-2.06ker
Abstract: Forms and conceptions of politeness vary noticeably from one society to another, and also, within a given society, from one age to another. However, it can be assumed that the treatment of politeness phenomena in terms of "facework" as advocated by Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987) might help us to shed some light on both cultural variations and diachronic variations in politeness behaviour. This assumption is tested by considering the question of "good manners" in the French classic age as they are recorded in some prescriptive and literary writings. The study reveals that the profound logic that politeness obeys is the same in all eras. I take a special interest in the "double binds" we are confronted with in the exercise of politeness, looking at, for example, compliments as a ritual activity.
2010
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(2010): Addressing non-acquaintances in Tunisian Arabic. A cognitive-pragmatic account. In: Intercultural Pragmatics 7 (1). DOI: 10.1515/iprg.2010.007
Abstract: The literature on terms of address (TofA) abounds in both sociolinguistics and pragmatics. Mostly, sociolinguistics explains them with rank and age (Trudgill 1983; Wardhaugh 1986; Fasold 1990; Holmes 1992; Romaine 1994) and pragmatics with politeness (Brown and Levinson 1987). Furthermore, TofA are mostly studied as occurring between acquaintances that know about the social rank and age of each other to produce the address that is most coherent with the context of situation. The present study focuses on TofA used in addressing non-acquaintances, i.e., people who have never met one another before. Evidence from Tunisian Arabic (TA) shows that TofA as used with non-acquaintances are not motivated by rank and politeness as much as by the addresser's drive to create familiarity and minimize distance with the addressee. Such a pragmatic minimization of distance is not noticed when TofA are used with acquaintances. Speakers of TA inject kinship-related terms in their address to non-acquaintances in view of creating rapprochement between the speaker as a deictic center and the addressee in the periphery Such a rapprochement is made possible through the manipulation by the speaker of the FAR-NEAR schema (Johnson 1987) related to the CENTER-PERIPHERY image schema. The paper intends to show this taming of addressees by studying TofA in TA through Lakoff's (1982, 1987) theory of categorization known as Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs).
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(2010): It takes a village to construct a robot. A socially situated perspective on the ethics of robot design. In: Interaction Studies 11 (2), S. 257-262. DOI: 10.1075/is.11.2.13sab
Abstract: Sharkey and Sharkey's (2010) article opens up a timely discussion on the appropriate and ethical use of robots in the daily lives and care of children. As the authors point out, childcare is expected to be one of the main application domains for social robotics, surpassed only by assistive robots for the elderly. Both children and the elderly are "vulnerable populations," which require particular consideration from researchers studying their behavior (Liamputtong, 2007) and designing technologies for their use.
2009
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(2009): Hospitalk. Politeness and hierarchical structures in interdisciplinary discharge rounds. In: Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture 5 (1). DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2009.002
Abstract: Although linguists have been exploring the nuances of politeness for decades, beginning with the pioneering works of Lakoff (1973), Brown and Levinson (1987) and Leech (1983), there has been little research focusing on impoliteness in medical interaction. Communication between various types of medical caregivers, too, is an under-researched area; most research on medical interaction involves doctor-patient discourse. Using all ethnographic discourse analytic approach, this study begins to address this gap by examining interactions during an interdisciplinary discharge rounds meeting at a major urban teaching hospital. In a teaching hospital, there is potential conflict between physicians-in-training and other members of caregiving teams; while physicians occupy a higher position on the administrative and social hierarchy of the hospital, other caregivers (e. g., registered nurses - who have sometimes had over 20 years of medical experience and spend much more time with patients than medical doctors) must determine how to be politelpolitic in voicing their opinions and suggestions regarding patient care. I explore politeness strategies used by various members of caregiving teams (e. g., registered nurses, social workers) to negotiate patient care decisions within the hospital hierarchy. Results indicate that mitigating strategies are an integral part of the communicative process within the institutional hierarchy of a teaching hospital.
2008
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(2008): A handbook on good manners for children. De civilitate morum puerilium. London: Preface
Abstract: The first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children was published in 1530 by an author who was outraged at the uncouth and undisciplined youth of his time. It is surprisingly relevant today!
2007
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(2007): Trainingsprogramm zur Förderung der Sozialen Kompetenz bei altersdepressiven Patienten. In: PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS 34 (3), S. 145-149. DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-974644
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17487808 Abstract: Anliegen Im Rahmen der gerontopsychiatrischen stationären oder teilstationären Behandlung altersdepressiver Patienten wurde ein Programm zur Förderung der sozialen Kompetenz entwickelt. Methode Innerhalb von 6 Sitzungen (üblicherweise 2-mal wöchentlich à 50 Minuten) wird in einer festen Gruppe von ca. 5 Patienten sozial kompetentes Verhalten in Form von Gruppengesprächen besprochen und mittels Rollenspielen eingeübt. Die Themen der Sitzungen umfassen übliche grundlegende kommunikative Fähigkeiten wie Loben, Bedanken, Beschweren etc. und werden in altersangepasste Situationen übertragen. Das Programm ist geeignet für altersdepressive Patienten, sofern keine Demenz, keine Psychose oder ein schlechter körperlicher Allgemeinzustand vorliegt. Die Durchführung obliegt üblicherweise einem Psychologen oder Arzt. Zur Diagnostik und Evaluation wurde ein eigenes Verfahren entwickelt, dass innerhalb einer Verhaltensprobe versucht, das Ausmaß sozial kompetenten Verhaltens vor und nach dem Training zu erfassen. Hierzu wurde eine standardisierte Situation erzeugt, die bestimmtes assertives Verhalten erfordert. Ergebnisse Das gezeigte Verhalten galt als Indikator für soziale Kompetenz. Die am Trainingsprogramm teilnehmenden Patienten wiesen in der Verhaltensprobe im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe deutlich höhere Werte im Hinblick auf die Soziale Kompetenz auf. Schlussfolgerungen Es kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass das vorliegende verhaltenstherapeutische Gruppenpsychotherapieprogramm für altersdepressive Patienten mit Defiziten im Bereich der Sozialen Kompetenz eine Verbesserung im Hinblick auf sozial kompetentes Verhalten erzielen und somit einen Beitrag zur Behandlung der Depression liefern kann. 01 Die dem Artikel zugrundeliegende Diplomarbeit des Autors unter dem Titel "Training sozialer Kompetenzen für Patienten mit Altersdepressionen" wurde im Jahr 2005 mit dem Georg-Gottlob-Studienpreis für Angewandte Psychologie des BDP ausgezeichnet. (www.bdp-verband.org/bdp/presse/2005/51111_psychologentag3.html).
Keywords: Aged, Alter, Assertiveness, Bedanken, Behavior Therapy, Beschweren, Bitten, Communication, Day Care, Medical, Depressive Disorder/rehabilitation, Disziplin, Empathie, Erkrankung, Humans, Loben, Patient Admission, Postkasten, Psychologie, Psychotherapy, Group, Role Playing, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, social competence training, social competences, social learning, Soziale Angemessenheit, Sozialkompetenz, Sprachverhalten / sprachliches, zu Emotionen korreliertes Feedback, SV, training in social competences, Wertendes Sprachverhalten 1999
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Lenz, Karl (1999): Die alternde Gesellschaft. Problemfelder gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Altern und Alter. Weinheim: Juventa (Dresdner Studien zur Erziehungswissenschaft und Sozialforschung)
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(1999) : Alter und Altern aus sozialgerontologischer Sicht In: Lenz, Karl: Die alternde Gesellschaft: Problemfelder gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Altern und Alter: Weinheim: Juventa (Dresdner Studien zur Erziehungswissenschaft und Sozialforschung), S. 7-96
Abstract: Aus sozialgerontologischer Perspektive wird eine Einführung in zentrale Problemfelder des gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Alter und Altern gegeben. Ausgehend von demographischen Befunden zur alternden Gesellschaft wird das Alter zunächst als soziokulturelles Konstrukt dargestellt. Anschließend werden theoretische Modelle der Sozialgerontologie erläutert: normative Alternstheorien (Defizitmodell, Disengagement-Theorie, Aktivitätstheorie), Theorien differentiellen Alterns (entwicklungspsychologische Sicht, lebenslaufbezogene Perspektive), gerontologiekritische Theorien (feministische Perspektive, sozialkonstruktivistische Sicht, kritische Theorie). Lebenslagen alter Meschen in der Gegenwart werden dann im Hinblick auf die materiellen Ressourcen, Wohnverhältnisse und auf das Altern von Migranten betrachtet. Abschließend werden mit der Zukunft der Alterssicherung, der Pflege- und Hilfebedürftigkeit und den Generationenverhältnissen und -beziehungen ausgewählte Folgeprobleme diskutiert.
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(1999) : Altern und soziale Beziehungen In: Lenz, Karl: Die alternde Gesellschaft: Problemfelder gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Altern und Alter: Weinheim: Juventa (Dresdner Studien zur Erziehungswissenschaft und Sozialforschung), S. 97-119
Abstract: Es wird im Überblick über den sozialwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisstand zu sozialen Beziehungen im Alter informiert. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf positiven sozialen Beziehungen. Im einzelnen werden die folgenden Aspekte erörtert: (1) mögliche Zugänge zu sozialen Beziehungen im Alter, (2) soziale Netzwerke alter Menschen, (3) die Bedeutung von Netzwerken und Unterstützung für Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit alter Menschen (alltägliche Hilfe im Alter, soziale Beziehungen als Stresspuffer im Alter, soziale Beziehungen als Basis von gesundheitsförderlicher Gemeinschaft und Geselligkeit).
Keywords: Alter, Gerontologie 1996
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(1996): Elbows off the table, napkin in the lap, no video games during dinner. The modern guide to teaching children good manners. First St. Martin's Griffin edition. New York: St. Martin's Griffin
Abstract: A contemporary guide for teaching manners to children, divided into sections for three-to-five year olds, six-to-nine year olds, ten-to-twelve year olds, and parents, and concentrating on informal standards of polite behavior.