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

Autor/inn/en	Richter, Matthias; Hurrelmann, Klaus
Titel	Life course influences on health and health inequalities: A socialisation perspective.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 36 (2016) 3, S. 264-280Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	deutsch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0720-4361; 1436-1957
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Sozialisationstheorie; Gesundheit; Altern; Biografie
Abstract	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.
Erfasst von	IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel
Update	2017/2