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Hoppmann, Christiane; Smith, Jacqui – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
The impact of early life events that take place under specific historical and societal circumstances on adult development have rarely been investigated in old age. We examined whether having started a family in young adulthood was related to the contents of possible selves generated by women aged 85 to 100+ in the Berlin Aging Study (N = 129; M…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Context Effect, Older Adults, Mothers
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Nilsson, Margareta; Sarvimaki, Anneli; Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
The aim of the study was to highlight the oldest old people's view of their future from a perspective of philosophy of life. Data was collected by means of life story interviews with 15 persons. The analysis was performed by utilizing a phenomenological hermeneutic method and the interpretation was guided by the conceptual framework of philosophy…
Descriptors: Older Adults, World Views, Interviews, Time Perspective