Luken P C
Center on Aging Studies, University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1987;25(3):177-93. doi: 10.2190/L9VT-65B9-9HGQ-WMKB.
Social identity is a product of emergent definitional processes occurring in socially defined situations. This article presents a situational approach to understanding an aspect of social identity in later life-the social stigma of old age. Social stigma is conceptualized as an attribute which is perceived to be discrediting, incongruent with expectations, and non-pivotal in regard to the cluster of attributes associated with a specific social category. A typology of situations, based on their potential for producing the stigmatization of old age, is presented. Additionally, stigmatization in these situations is influenced by the following: commitment and legitimation, generational contacts, performance norms, and gender. Implications of a situational approach to the investigation of old age are discussed.
社会身份是在社会界定的情境中出现的定义过程的产物。本文提出了一种情境方法，以理解晚年社会身份的一个方面——老年的社会污名。社会污名被概念化为一种属性，这种属性被认为是有损声誉的、与期望不一致的，并且在与特定社会类别相关的属性集群中并非关键属性。本文提出了一种基于其产生老年污名化可能性的情境类型学。此外，这些情境中的污名化受到以下因素的影响：承诺与合法化、代际接触、表现规范和性别。讨论了情境方法对老年研究的意义。
