Life course research explained

Life course research is an interdisciplinary field in the social and behavioral sciences. Developed during the 1960s, it aims to study human development over the entire life span. As such, it brings together aspects of human development that had previously only been studied separately.^[1] In the 1970s, scholars first started to commonly refer to their field as "life course research".^[2] The field includes research conceptualizing the life course as one of many different concepts, including developmental processes, cultural constructs, and demographic accounts.^[3]

Further reading

• Heinz . Walter R. . Krüger . Helga . March 2001 . Life Course: Innovations and Challenges for Social Research . Current Sociology . en . 49 . 2 . 29–45 . 10.1177/0011392101049002004 . 143441729 . 0011-3921.
• Book: O'Rand, Angela . https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-18326-007 . Handbook of aging and the social sciences . Academic Press . 2001 . Binstock . R. H. . en . Stratification and the life course: The forms of life-course capital and their interrelationships . George . L. K..

Notes and References

1. Book: Burton-Jeangros . Claudine . A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions . Cullati . Stéphane . Sacker . Amanda . Blane . David . 2015 . Springer . 978-3-319-20483-3 . Burton-Jeangros . Claudine . Cham (CH) . Introduction . 10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0_1 . 27683928 . Cullati . Stéphane . Sacker . Amanda . Blane . David . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK385366/.
2. Book: George, Linda K. . Handbook of the Life Course . 2003 . Springer US . 978-0-306-47498-9 . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Boston, MA . 671–680 . en . Life Course Research Achievements and Potential . 10.1007/978-0-306-48247-2_31 . Shanahan . Michael J. . http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-0-306-48247-2_31.
3. Mayer . Karl Ulrich . August 2009 . New Directions in Life Course Research . Annual Review of Sociology . en . 35 . 1 . 413–433 . 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134619 . 0360-0572.