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A culturally-relevant theoretical framework for the study of successful ageing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

SANDRA TORRES
SANDRA TORRES
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Uppsala University
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Abstract

In spite of the many studies conducted over the past decades, the field of inquiry known as cross-cultural gerontology remains atheoretical. This is because of its shortcomings in generating culturally-relevant theoretical frameworks of its own. In this article, I address this failure and adapt Kluckhohn's model of value orientations for use in the study of ageing-related concepts. I discuss possible applications of the adapted model and, in particular, its application to one of the most frequently debated concepts in gerontology, successful ageing. In the light of this discussion, I conclude that the culturally-relevant theoretical framework hereby proposed could lead to the rectification of the current atheoretical predicament of cross-cultural gerontology.

Keywords

successful ageingculturevalue orientationscross-cultural gerontologytheoretical framework
Type
Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 33 - 51
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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