TY - JOUR
T1 - European ageing research in the social, behavioural and health areas
T2 - A multidimensional account
AU - Wahl, Hans Werner
AU - Deeg, Dorly J.H.
AU - Litwin, Howard
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - At the 10th anniversary of the European Journal of Ageing in 2013, this article makes an attempt towards a comprehensive overview of European ageing research (EAR) from the three perspectives of this Journal: the social, behavioural and health related domains. First, we provide some general observations on the state of EAR, noting the difficulties of defining this field. Second, we provide a description of EAR and its current trends and characteristics in terms of research themes and theoretical directions. Towards this end, we use the 10 volumes of the European Journal of Ageing as well as other available information. Third, we address the infrastructure of EAR as reflected in major studies, looking at data availability, language, education and training. Given this background, we derive a set of six recommendations to further consolidate and expand EAR.
AB - At the 10th anniversary of the European Journal of Ageing in 2013, this article makes an attempt towards a comprehensive overview of European ageing research (EAR) from the three perspectives of this Journal: the social, behavioural and health related domains. First, we provide some general observations on the state of EAR, noting the difficulties of defining this field. Second, we provide a description of EAR and its current trends and characteristics in terms of research themes and theoretical directions. Towards this end, we use the 10 volumes of the European Journal of Ageing as well as other available information. Third, we address the infrastructure of EAR as reflected in major studies, looking at data availability, language, education and training. Given this background, we derive a set of six recommendations to further consolidate and expand EAR.
KW - Characteristics
KW - European ageing research
KW - High impact themes
KW - Infrastructure of research
KW - Recommendations
KW - Trends
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890433148&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10433-013-0301-9
DO - 10.1007/s10433-013-0301-9
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AN - SCOPUS:84890433148
SN - 1613-9372
VL - 10
SP - 261
EP - 270
JO - European Journal of Ageing
JF - European Journal of Ageing
IS - 4
ER -