Publications [#318959] of Scott M. Lynch

Peer Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters

1. Lynch, SM; Taylor, MG, Trajectory Models for Aging Research, in Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences Eighth Edition (January, 2016), pp. 23-51, Elsevier, ISBN 9780124172357 [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/06/15)

   Abstract:
   Life course research investigates how human lives and events unfold over time, at both the individual level and larger levels, such as within families or nations. At the individual level, life course research is concerned with the development of individuals as they age, as well as with between-person differences in development. Such differences often exist across sexes, races, socioeconomic classes, and other characteristics. Importantly, the birth cohort to which an individual belongs plays an important role in shaping development, as do period events (e.g., economic depression). Trajectory methods have emerged over the last several decades as important tools for investigating life course dynamics, including between-person differences in development.