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...

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Auteurs: Fortuin, Nienke P. M. (Auteur) ; Schilderman, Johannes B. A. M. (Auteur) ; Venbrux, Eric 1960- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge 2019
Dans: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Année: 2019, Volume: 31, Numéro: 4, Pages: 338-359
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Niederlande / Adulte <60-80 ans> (60-80 Jahre) / Vision du monde / Vie / Biographie / Narration (Sciences sociales)
Classifications IxTheo:AD Sociologie des religions
AG Vie religieuse
KBD Benelux
Sujets non-standardisés:B cultural narratives
B Aging
B Religion
B Worldview
B narrative gerontology
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1552-8049
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1524339