The Life Story Approach: A Continental View

Bertaux, Daniel; Kohli, Martin

doi:10.1146/annurev.so.10.080184.001243

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“…One such impetus for life-span work comes From sociology and anthropology (Bertaux & Kohli, 1984;Brim & Wheeler, 1966;Clausen, 1986;Dannefer, 1984;Elder, 1985;Featherman, 1983;Featherman & Lerner, 1985;Kertzer & Keith, 1983;Neugarten & Datan, 1973;Riley, 1985;Riley, Johnson, & Foner, 1972). Especially within sociology, the study of the life course and of the interage and intergenerational fabric of society is enjoying a level of attention comparable with that of the life-span approach in psychology.…”

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Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline.

Baltes¹

1987

Developmental Psychology

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Life-span developmental psychology involves the study of constancy and change in behavior throughout the life course. One aspect of life-span research has been the advancement of a more general, metatheoretical view on the nature of development. The family of theoretical perspectives associated with this metatheoretical view of life-span developmental psychology includes the recognition of multidirectionality in ontogenetic change, consideration of both age-connected and disconnected developmental factors, a focus on the dynamic and continuous interplay between growth (gain) and decline (loss), emphasis on historical embeddedness and other structural contextual factors, and the study of the range of plasticity in development. Application of the family of perspectives associated with life-span developmental psychology is illustrated for the domain of intellectual development. Two recently emerging perspectives of the family of beliefs are given particular attention. The first proposition is methodological and suggests that plasticity can best be studied with a research strategy called testing-the-limits. The second proposition is theoretical and proffers that any developmental change includes the joint occurrence of gain (growth) and loss (decline) in adaptive capacity. To assess the pattern of positive (gains) and negative (losses) consequences resulting from development, it is necessary to know the criterion demands posed by the individual and the environment during the lifelong process of adaptation.The study of life-span development is not a homogeneous field. It comes in two major interrelated modes. The first mode is the extension of developmental studies across the life course without a major effort at the construction of metatheory that emanates from life-span work. The second mode includes the endeavor to explore whether life-span research has specific implications for the general nature of developmental theory. The second approach represents the topic of this article.Specifically, the purpose of this article is twofold. First, after a brief introduction to the field of life-span developmental psychology, some "prototypical" features of the life-span approach in developmental psychology are presented. Second, these features are illustrated by work in one domain: intellectual development. Although the focus of this paper is on life-span developmental psychology and its theoretical thrust, it is important to recognize at the outset that similar perspectives on developmental theory have been advanced in other quarters of developmental scholarship as well (Hetherington & Baltes, in press; Scan;. There is, however, a major difference in the "gestalt" in which the features of the theoretical perspective of life-span psychology are organized.

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Section: What Is Life-span Development?mentioning

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Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline.

Baltes¹

1987

Developmental Psychology

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“…Seven years later, in 1981, Biography and Society," a collective book edited by Bertaux (1981), regroups many articles based on biographical data from international researchers such as Kohli, Ferrorrati, Elder and many others. This book became a classic text that demonstrates the international scope of biographical research in sociology but, at the same time, the "variety of uses" that have been made of it (Bertaux and Kohli 1984).…”

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Combining In-Depth Biographical Interviews with the LIVES History Calendar in Studying the Life Course of Children of Immigrants

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Paredes

2017

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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The use of the life course perspective to study migration is of increasing interest in the field. A majority of the research on first-and second-generation residents is based on quantitative methodological designs that mainly focus on different aspects of their insertion into the host society. This type of research takes objective indicators as inspiration such as educational attainment, position in the labor market, social networks, citizenship and, level of proficiency in the host country's language. On the other hand, some studies use qualitative approaches to study the lives of descendants of immigrants. The aim of those studies is to understand people's subjective evaluations of life events and trajectories. We think that both approaches study two sides of the same coin.The biographical approach and the life course perspective share many features.

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“…Phase A1 consists of a life story approach, [42], [43], [44], and collection of secondary sources. Indeed, the "life story" approach is a form of collecting data according to "oral, autobiographical narratives", [42]) and one of its main tools is the narrative interview. In this specific type of interview, the researcher asks the interviewee to "tell all or part of his experience" 6 , [43 -p.11].…”

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How and Why Do IT Entrepreneurs Leave Their Salaried Employment to Start a SME? A Mixed Methods Research Design

Mourmant

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. This method paper addresses an untapped but important type of IT turnover: IT entrepreneurship. We seek to develop a mixed methods research (MMR) design to understand the factors and processes that influence turnover behavior of prospective (nascent) IT entrepreneurs. To do this, we review two prior streams of research: the entrepreneurship literature and IT employee turnover. We incorporate the results of this literature review into a conceptual framework describing how the relevant factors leading to entrepreneurial and turnover behavior change over time, either gradually or suddenly, in response to specific events. In addition, we also contribute to the research by arguing that mixed methods research (MMR) is appropriate to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial literature and the IT turnover literature. A third important contribution is the design of the MMR, combining a longitudinal approach with a retrospective approach; a qualitative with a quantitative approach and, the exploratory design with the triangulation design [1]. Finally, we discuss practical implications for IT managers and IT entrepreneurs.

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The Life Story Approach: A Continental View

Cited by 332 publications

References 26 publications

Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline.

Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline.

Combining In-Depth Biographical Interviews with the LIVES History Calendar in Studying the Life Course of Children of Immigrants

How and Why Do IT Entrepreneurs Leave Their Salaried Employment to Start a SME? A Mixed Methods Research Design

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