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Lamparter, Ulrich; Holstein, Christa; Thießen, Malte; Wierling, Dorothee; Wiegand-Grefe, Silke; Möller, Birgit

doi:10.1007/s00451-010-0053-5

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“…Studies show that women born in Germany around 1940 are not in a good mental health state: they are socially isolated and missed out on developing a concept of self on their own [44]. It is no surprise that interviews with War Children show how they longed for safety in their life -in their partners, in their living situation and in their jobs [45]. More precisely: people born in 1945 have a higher chance of falling prey to psychosomatic diseases in later life than those born in 1935 [46].…”

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The Impact of the Relationship and Family Status in Retirement Age on Women’s Incorporation of Technical Devices in Their Everyday Life

Gales

Loos

2020

Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology and Society

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Older people and specifically women at retirement age are typically not associated with technological competence. However, some of them are avid users and little is known about the ways they incorporate technical devices in their everyday life. In this study, we depict how women's relationship and family status at retirement age have an influence on their technology usage. Having interviewed women between 65 and 75 years old, we describe three types of lifestyles where our analysis follows the women's approach to technical devices. The 'GrandMother' focusses on her family and local community, the 'Half Couple' emphasizes her husband and marriage and the 'Independent' concentrates on herself. Generally, the smart phone is used as an extension of their personal lifestyle and routines of everyday life: the GrandMothers direct their digital technology usage inwards, the Independents outwards and the Half Couples are split between those who use it sideways or not at all. For the GrandMothers, their technical devices are a facilitator of their daily duties and existing ties whereas the Independents have a strong selfmotivated interest to use social media as an entertainment platform and as an extension of their interests. For the Half Couples, their mobile phones are either nice to have or simply unnecessary. Our study adds to the limited literature on older women's technology usage and presents an understanding of how technologies are incorporated in a certain life phase.

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of the Relationship and Family Status in Retirement Age on Women’s Incorporation of Technical Devices in Their Everyday Life

Gales

Loos

2020

Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology and Society

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“…In Germany, scholars with a background in psychodynamic psychotherapy pioneered work in the field of late effects of traumatic World War II (WWII) experiences, based on their clinical experiences [22,26,28,29]. This was followed byepidemiological studies.…”

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WWII traumatic events, subjective well-being and valuation of life in the very old

2021

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Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und GeriatrieOriginal Contributions Ethical standards. For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies mentioned were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne . Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal representatives.

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Traumatische Erfahrungen in der älteren deutschen Bevölkerung

Glaesmer

2014

Z Gerontol Geriat

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65 Jahre später

Cited by 16 publications

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The Impact of the Relationship and Family Status in Retirement Age on Women’s Incorporation of Technical Devices in Their Everyday Life

The Impact of the Relationship and Family Status in Retirement Age on Women’s Incorporation of Technical Devices in Their Everyday Life

WWII traumatic events, subjective well-being and valuation of life in the very old

Traumatische Erfahrungen in der älteren deutschen Bevölkerung

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