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‘My Body Feels Old’: Seniors’ Discursive Constructions of Aging-as-Disabling

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Social gerontology and disability studies have made similar but separate arguments for ways to study aging and disability, respectively. This study of interviews with seniors finds that seniors characterize aging as disabling and position both identity constructions as negative. The article argues for the use of disability theory and discourse to examine seniors’ lived experiences.

Source: The review of disability studies/Review of disability studies

Author: Yvonne R. Teems

Institution: Hofstra University

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2529820645

FWCI: 1.688

Cites: 11

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10