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Fremd‐ und Selbstbild im Alter

Innen‐ und Außensicht und einige der Konsequenzen

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Die folgenden Ausführungen könnten auch unter dem Titel stehen: „Was ist mein Alter und wenn ja, wie viele?“ Mit einem solch launigen Titel möchte ich die Uneindeutigkeit der Bedeutung des Wortes „Alter“ in den Vordergrund rücken und das obwohl wir glauben, dass die Antwort auf die Frage „Was ist mein Alter?“ eine klare und ganz einfache ist, nämlich diejenige, die sich aus der Differenz des jeweiligen Tagesdatums und dem eigenen Geburtsdatum ergibt. In der Altersforschung auch chronologisches oder kalendarisches Alter genannt. Gerne zieht man dieses kalendarische Alter als guten Grund und Erklärung für die eine oder andere altersassoziierte Erscheinung heran, ohne sich des Zirkelschlusses bewusst zu sein. Jedoch wie so häufig ist die naheliegenste Erklärung nicht die Richtige und schon gar nicht die Einzige. Der Begriff des Alters lässt sich also nicht auf die Bedeutung als kalendarisches Alter reduzieren.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Formuliert in loser Anlehnung an den Bestseller von Richard David Precht (2007): Wer bin ich—und wenn ja, wie viele?

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    Altersnormen lassen sich als das statische Mittel in einer gegebenen Population bestimmen, können aber auch präskriptiv sein, insofern als sie bestimmtes Verhalten zu einem bestimmten Alter einfordern oder zumindest erwarten (z. B. Hagestad, 1990).

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