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A lifetime of events
— age and gender variations in the life story | | Author(s) | Brian deVries, David Watt |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 42, no 2, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 81-102 |
| Keywords | Life span ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This study examined individuals' life events from a structural perspective. Ten men and ten women from young, middle-aged and older age groups identified, on a time line, personally significant life events from their past and anticipated future. Results indicate that women identified more life events and reported a younger age corresponding to their first event than did men; this was especially true for older women. Older participants, in general, identified fewer future events than did younger participants and reported older age for the last event. The corresponding range of time covered from the first to the last event was also longer. Event type also varied by age and gender. A recency effect is significant in reporting life events, although late adolescence and early adulthood were especially dense events periods for all groups. Discussion focuses on the roles of gender, age, and the life course in the ways in which events are configured in the life story. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731212 A |
| Classmark | BG6: DB: 7S |
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