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Life course influences on health and health inequalities: A socialisation perspective

  • This paper reviews life course approaches applied in epidemiology, sociology and psychology and proposes a theoretical framework that integrates the concept of socialisation. We argue that the paradigmatic principles of interdisciplinary life course research (human agency, timing in lives, linked lives and historical context) provide a strong basis for a more holistic and theory-driven view of the life course and its interdependent pathways. The ´agency within structure´ paradigm on which these principles are based is an essential part of socialisation theory. We emphasize that socialisation theory has the potential to act as a theoretical link between social science and epidemiology, because it offers a multi-causal framework to illuminate the association between social structure and health across the life course. In order to better understand the development of health and health inequalities in a life course perspective, an interdisciplinary approach is required. The increased attention to socialisation principles might open new dialogue and empirical research perspectives for health sociology and epidemiology. Keywords: ageing, health, life course, social inequalities, socialisation theory

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Matthias Richter, Klaus HurrelmannORCiD
Parent Title (English):Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation
ISSN:1436-1957
Publisher:Beltz Juventa
Publication year:2016
First Page:264
Last Page:280
Release Date:2017/08/02
Volume:3
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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