Worldview commitment and narrative foreclosure among older Dutch adults: Assessing the importance of grand narratives
Grand narratives offered by religion and other worldviews provide a background against which people can narrate their personal life stories. Therefore, the extent of commitment older adults experience toward their worldview is expected to influence the narrative openness of their life story. Regress...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, spirituality & aging |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Routledge
2019
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| In: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Adult (60-80 Jahre)
/ World view
/ Life
/ Biography
/ Narrative (Social sciences)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBD Benelux countries |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural narratives
B Aging B Religion B Worldview B narrative gerontology |
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| Summary: | Grand narratives offered by religion and other worldviews provide a background against which people can narrate their personal life stories. Therefore, the extent of commitment older adults experience toward their worldview is expected to influence the narrative openness of their life story. Regression analyses based on a survey study among 356 older Dutch adults demonstrate that reconsideration of the commitment toward their worldview is associated with "narrative foreclosure": the premature sentiment that their life story is actually over. Moreover, the association we found between age and narrative foreclosure toward the future emphasizes the lack of vital cultural narratives of aging. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1524339 |