Turning points in midlife
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F21%3A00549930" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/21:00549930 - isvavai.cz</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Turning points in midlife
Original language description
The present study investigates the turning points of life (TUP) in four cultural samples: Cameroon, the Czech Republic, China Hong Kong, and Germany. We worked with a sample of 647 turning points in life stories of elderly persons, 60–85 years old. Participants included 163 men and women from the Czech Republic, 161 from Cameroon, 157 from Hong Kong China, and 166 from Germany. Results: For all four cultural samples, we identified nine main thematic areas to which the turning points were related. Midlife was identified as the most frequent stage of life at which a turning point takes place. The results also suggest that men and women differed in the topic of TUP. A process of affective balancing emerged from the data in TUP narratives (from a negative experience to a positive frame of TUP) that seems to be a universal mechanism across cultures.n
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-08583S" target="_blank" >GA20-08583S: Midlife experience: transitions, crises, and growth</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů