Control in Later Life: A Cultural Analysis

晚年生活的控制：文化分析

基本信息

批准号：
8149818
负责人：
Helen Kathleen Black
金额：
$ 17.41万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-09-30 至 2013-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The concept of control has been seen by many as a central construct in the study of later life. Control has largely been seen and analyzed as a psychological construct. However, we believe the notion of control is a central cultural and experiential construct affiliated with core American symbols and values such as autonomy. The general goal of this 2 year proposed study is to examine the notion of control as a cultural and experiential construct and how native ideas on control are enacted in everyday life among a sample of 40 persons, age 70 and above. This proposed research expands on our prior project, "The experience of suffering in later life" (NIA), in which the notion of control was one of several concepts directly related by informants to how they understood their own and others' suffering. Thus we wish to expand on this finding. The proposed research has three specific aims: 1. to examine native understandings of control among a sample of persons age 70 and above; 2. to understand how control issues are worked out in health, everyday life and in everyday decisions; 3. To describe differences in control understandings and practices on the basis of gender and ethnicity. The proposed research is anthropological, ethnographic and qualitative in nature and will use ethnographic interviewing as the primary research method as well as standard methods of qualitative data analysis. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This research would explore how a sample of 40 older people think about and use control in their everyday lives, especially for issues of health maintenance and decision making. The research would likely yield new information about issues of control in later life that would be useful to health care providers.

描述（由申请人提供）：许多人将控制的概念视为晚年研究的核心概念。控制在很大程度上被视为和分析为一种心理结构。然而，我们认为控制概念是一种核心文化和体验结构，与自主权等美国核心符号和价值观相关联。这项为期 2 年的研究的总体目标是检验控制概念作为一种文化和体验结构，以及如何在 40 名 70 岁及以上的样本的日常生活中体现控制的本土观念。这项拟议的研究扩展了我们之前的项目“晚年痛苦的经历”（NIA），其中控制的概念是与受访者如何理解自己和他人的痛苦直接相关的几个概念之一。因此，我们希望扩展这一发现。拟议的研究有三个具体目标： 1. 检验 70 岁及以上人群样本中对控制的固有理解； 2. 了解如何在健康、日常生活和日常决策中解决控制问题； 3. 描述基于性别和种族的控制理解和实践的差异。拟议的研究本质上是人类学、民族志和定性研究，并将使用民族志访谈作为主要研究方法以及定性数据分析的标准方法。公共卫生相关性：本研究将探讨 40 名老年人的样本如何在日常生活中思考和使用控制，特别是健康维护和决策问题。这项研究可能会产生有关晚年控制问题的新信息，这对医疗保健提供者有用。