Vignette methodology and culture-relevance: Lessons learned through a project on successful aging with Iranian immigrants to Sweden

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-114

  Torres, Sandra ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural gerontology; Ethnogerontology; Iranians; Methodology; Older migrants; Social gerontological methods; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649383766     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-009-9095-9     Document Type: Article

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