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Współtwórca:
Paprzycka, Emilia - red. ; Mianowska, Edyta - red.
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Temat i słowa kluczowe:
femininity ; masculinity ; identity ; senility ; social roles ; kobiecość ; męskość ; tożsamość ; starość ; role społeczne
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Abstract:
The aim of this article is to identify and characterize, from the perspective of sociological research, the elements of identity of mature women and men in the stage of life between middle and late adulthood. Data analyzed in the article comes from two research projects: "Mature women - selected aspects of life": research carried out in 2012, and "Mature men in modern Polish society - selected aspects of life": research carried out in 2014 and 2015. ; Theoretical part refers to the concept of cyclicity of life by Daniel Levinson, and it presents Polish proposition by Zbigniew Woźniak. This part also refers to the concept of identity by Eric Erikson, which is strictly based on a triad: soma-psyche-ethos, thus indicating integrity of psychic, bodily and social spheres. In case of the people of Lubuskie province who took part in research (women and men), it is the time in their lives when changes take place. These changes result from many factors such as: phases of life they go through (crisis/breakthrough of middle life), biological processes shaping identity attitudes of a woman passing through the menopause and a man in the phase of andropause. ; Additionally, this is compounded by new social roles whose social stereotypes may cause dissatisfaction, rebellion, frustration. In this respect new family roles of grandmothers/grandfathers, parents of adult children, mature partners, and a role of mature person seem to be especially important. All these elements have been incorporated into characteristics of identity of mature women and men who took part in research, with reference to biological, psychological and social factors.
Wydawca:
Zielona Góra: Lubuskie Towarzystwo Naukowe ; Zielona Góra: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Wydział Pedagogiki, Psychologii i Socjologii