[Environmental factors in sociologic theories of aging: an empirical test of the environmental theory of aging by J. F. Gubrium].
The limited explanatory potential of established sociological theories of aging has led to a more thorough examination of ecological approaches by social gerontologists in the last years. In this article, J. F. Gubrium's environmental theory of aging is explicated and tested as a typical representative of the ecological approach. Two independent test strategies result in a rejection of the theory by the data. Some reflections about the importance of environmental factors in social gerontological theories follow.
D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment
Umweltfaktoren in alterssoziologischen Theorien: ein empirischer Test der Umwelttheorie des Alterns von J. F. Gubrium.