Life course research is an
interdisciplinary field in the
social and
behavioral sciences. Developed during the 1960s, it aims to study
human development over the entire life span. As such, it brings together aspects of human development that had previously only been studied separately.[1] In the 1970s, scholars first started to commonly refer to their field as "life course research".[2] The field includes research conceptualizing the life course as one of many different concepts, including developmental processes, cultural constructs, and demographic accounts.[3]
References
^Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Cullati, Stéphane; Sacker, Amanda; Blane, David (2015).
"Introduction". In Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Cullati, Stéphane; Sacker, Amanda; Blane, David (eds.). A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions. Cham (CH): Springer.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0_1.
ISBN978-3-319-20483-3.
PMID27683928.