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Comparative Study
. 2010 Mar;65B(2):207-15.
doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp106. Epub 2009 Dec 18.

The life course and the stress process: some conceptual comparisons

Leonard I Pearlin  1
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Comparative Study

The life course and the stress process: some conceptual comparisons

Leonard I Pearlin. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

This paper compares the meanings and applications of concepts relevant to both the life course and the stress process frameworks. Some of these concepts bear the same labels but serve quite different scholarly agendas. Other concepts have different labels but have closely related applications. The purpose of this kind of comparative analysis is to help both fields clarify the conceptual tools needed to advance their scholarly goals.

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