The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility
The literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a qualitative study which consisted of 51 interviews with people aged between 70 and 92 years old, this paper proposes to approach the feeling of in...
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| description | The literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a qualitative study which consisted of 51 interviews with people aged between 70 and 92 years old, this paper proposes to approach the feeling of insecurity from the actors’ perspective. This allows us to take into account the perception of the elderly in order to dispose of the age-related vision that tends to erase the effects of fragility due to aging. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-54b807ae907f4a6fbb10f3eeb1895c302025-08-20T01:55:02ZdeuSeismo VerlagSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482018-03-0144113915610.1515/sjs-2018-0007sjs-2018-0007The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual FragilityKimber Leah R.0Burton-Jeangros Claudine1Riom Loïc2Hummel Cornelia3Université de Genève, Département de sociologie, CH-1211GenèveUniversité de Genève, Département de sociologie, CH-1211GenèveUniversité de Genève, Département de sociologie, CH-1211GenèveUniversité de Genève, Département de sociologie, CH-1211GenèveThe literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a qualitative study which consisted of 51 interviews with people aged between 70 and 92 years old, this paper proposes to approach the feeling of insecurity from the actors’ perspective. This allows us to take into account the perception of the elderly in order to dispose of the age-related vision that tends to erase the effects of fragility due to aging.https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0007elderlyinsecuritystrategiesvulnerabilityweakening |
| spellingShingle | Kimber Leah R. Burton-Jeangros Claudine Riom Loïc Hummel Cornelia The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility Swiss Journal of Sociology elderly insecurity strategies vulnerability weakening |
| title | The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility |
| title_full | The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility |
| title_fullStr | The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility |
| title_short | The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility |
| title_sort | feeling of insecurity among the elderly between environmental changes and individual fragility |
| topic | elderly insecurity strategies vulnerability weakening |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0007 |
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