Ageing As Future : : A Study by the Volkswagen Foundation.

• Author: Lang, Frieder R.
• TeilnehmendeR: Lessenich, Stephan.; Rothermund, Klaus.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (166 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Researchers Involved in the Ageing as Future Projecta -- Contents -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: No Future? Age and Ageing in the "Ageing Society" -- 1.1 Old Age in the "Ageing Society" -- 1.2 The Diversity of the Experience of Being Old -- 1.2.1 Social Conditions of the Experience of Being Old -- 1.2.2 Ageing as an Individual and Social Project for the Future -- 1.2.3 A Flexible Approach to One's Own Future and Ageing -- 1.2.4 Individual Ageing Over the Life Span -- 1.2.5 Determinants of Ageing and Ageing Experience -- 1.2.6 Domain Specificity of Individual Ageing -- 1.3 Ageing as Future: Questions and Objectives of the Study -- 2: Procedures and Data Basis -- 2.1 The Questionnaire Study -- 2.1.1 Test-Theoretical Quality Criteria and Measurement Invariance of the Questionnaire Scales -- 2.1.2 Design, Sample, and Recruitment of the Questionnaire Study -- 2.2 The Online Survey Study -- 2.2.1 Reliability and Validity of the Online Survey -- 2.2.2 Design, Sample, and Recruitment of the Online Survey Study -- 2.3 The Qualitative Interview Study -- 2.4 Interconnection of the Subprojects -- 2.4.1 Development and Translation of the Newly Developed Scales -- 2.4.2 Main Topics and Interconnection of the Subprojects -- 2.4.3 Archiving and Preparation of the Datasets -- 3: Views on Ageing -- 3.1 Research Questions -- 3.2 State of Research -- 3.3 Overview of Findings -- 3.3.1 Assessment of Context-Specific Views on Ageing -- 3.3.2 Views on Ageing in Different Life Domains -- 3.3.3 Age-Related Differences in Views on Ageing -- 3.3.4 Country Differences in Views on Ageing -- 3.3.5 Views on Ageing and Self-Views on Ageing -- 3.3.6 Prescriptive Age Stereotypes -- 3.3.7 Individual Differences in Views on Ageing and Consequences for Development -- 3.4 Conclusion: The Multidimensionality of Ageing.

4: Future Action and Ageing Preparation -- 4.1 The Questions -- 4.2 The State of Research -- 4.3 Overview of the Findings -- 4.3.1 Assessing Ageing Preparation and Future-Related Action -- 4.3.2 Ageing Preparation in Different Life Domains -- 4.3.3 Timing of Ageing Preparation Over the Life Course -- 4.3.4 Subjective Benefits and Evaluation of Ageing Preparation -- 4.3.5 Subjective Norms of Responsibility for Ageing Preparation -- 4.3.6 Desire for Longevity as a Motive for Ageing Preparation -- 4.4 Conclusion and Outlook: The Flexibility of Ageing -- 5: Time Structures of Ageing: Acting Old Age Between Everyday Abundance of Time and Biographical Time Poverty -- 5.1 Sociological Perspectives on Old Age and Ageing -- 5.1.1 The Sociality of Old Age -- 5.1.2 The Relationality of Old Age -- 5.1.3 The Negativity of Old Age -- 5.1.4 The Heterogeneity of Old Age -- 5.1.5 Old Age and Ageing as Process and Practice -- 5.2 The Research Question -- 5.3 The State of Research -- 5.4 An Outline of the Findings -- 5.4.1 Everyday Time Management -- 5.4.2 Lifetime Management -- 5.5 Conclusion: The Ambivalences of Old Age and Ageing -- 6: Age(ing) as Future: Future of Age(ing) -- 6.1 Between Appreciation and Exclusion: The Paradoxical Politics of Age(ing) -- 6.2 Of Variability and Vulnerability: There Is Nothing Like Age(ing) per se -- 6.3 Appreciating Age(ing): But How? -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Overview of Scales, Variables, and Interview Guides -- A1 Central Variables and Scales of the Questionnaire Study (Table A1) -- A2 Central Variables and Contents of the Online Survey (Table A2) -- A3 Structure and Content of Interview Guides (Table A3) -- Appendix B: Sample Descriptions -- B1 Participants of the Questionnaire Study (Table B1) -- B2 Participants in the Online Survey (Table B2).

B3 Participants of the Qualitative Interviewsa (Table B3) -- Bibliography -- Index.