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Luescher, Kurt and Haller, Miriam (2016). Ambivalence-a key concept in gerontology? Elements of heuristics exemplified by identity formation in old age. Z. Gerontol. Geriatr., 49 (1). S. 3 - 10. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1435-1269

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Abstract

Ambivalence is a widely used concept in gerontology, mostly used in the common sense meaning. We propose that an elaborated notion based on the historical and systematic analysis, reveals important theoretical, methodological and practical potentials of the idea of ambivalence for the study of aging. We exemplify this view by proposing a heuristic perspective for the analysis of processes to constitute and reconstitute identities in old age using a model based on a multidimensional understanding of ambivalence. Ambivalence is defined as referring to the experiences of vacillating between polar contradictions of feeling, thinking, wanting and social structures in the search for the sense and meaning of social relationships, facts and texts, which are important for unfolding and altering facets of the self and agency.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Luescher, Kurt UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Haller, Miriam UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-291695
DOI:	10.1007/s00391-015-0997-6
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Gerontol. Geriatr.
Volume:	49
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 3 - 10
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1435-1269
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29169