Lehr U
Aktuelle Gerontol. 1978 Jan;8(1):37-48.
The present paper is based on the analysis of congress reports and gerontological journals and points up new trends in gerontological research. Quantitatively, there was an increase in the number of psycho-gerontological publications. However, relatively seen, they represent an almost unchanged percentage of the contributions to gerontological literature on the whole. Predominant themes in USA and West Germany are discussed. There is, on the one hand, an increasing differentiation and specialization of methodical contribution and, on the other hand, an increasing number of contributions which neglect the methodical aspect. A trend toward practically oriented research is shown, as can be seen in intervention gerontology. Aging is seen as a phanomena with biological, social, and ecological determinants. In conclusion the universality and generality of aging is questioned, the concept of a differential gerontology is proposed and so a greater consideration of the individuality of the aging process is found to be necessary.
本文基于对会议报告和老年学期刊的分析，指出了老年学研究的新趋势。从数量上看，心理老年学方面的出版物有所增加。然而，相对而言，它们在整个老年学文献中所占的比例几乎没有变化。文中讨论了美国和西德的主要主题。一方面，方法性贡献的分化和专业化程度在不断提高，另一方面，忽视方法性方面的贡献数量也在增加。文中显示出一种面向实践研究的趋势，如在干预老年学中可见。衰老被视为一种具有生物学、社会和生态决定因素的现象。总之，衰老的普遍性和一般性受到质疑，提出了差异老年学的概念，因此发现有必要更多地考虑衰老过程的个体性。
