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No exit: a symbolic interactionist perspective on aging

V W Marshall

    International Journal of Aging & Human Development
    |January 1, 1978
    PubMed
    Summary

    Most socialization research for old age is biased. This study offers a symbolic-interactionist view, seeing later life as a unique, controllable status passage where individuals exercise choice.

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    Area of Science:

    • Sociology
    • Gerontology

    Background:

    • Traditional research on aging socialization exhibits a normative bias.
    • Key figures like Rosow, Neugarten, and Riley reflect this bias in their work.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present an alternative perspective on later life socialization.
    • To apply concepts from symbolic-interactionism to understand old age.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizes symbolic-interactionist theory.
    • Employs concepts of career and status passage.

    Main Results:

    • Later life is conceptualized as a unique status passage.
    • This passage is characterized as inevitable, irreversible, and terminal.

    Conclusions:

    • Individuals actively exercise choice and negotiate their life course.
    • Controlling this unique status passage becomes a significant aspect of later life.

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