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Role Theory

Role Theory

  • Helps explain how one adjusts to aging
  • Role=identity
  • More stable as an adult
  • Often stereotyped into age norms

Overview

History

History

  • Developed throughout the 1930s
  • George Herbert Mead, Jacob L. Moreno, Talcott Parsons, and Ralph Linton
  • Social structuralism
  • Symbolic interactionsim
  • Sociological perspective

Roles

Throughout a lifespan, individuals undergo numerous role changes that can be stressful.

Role Conflict

Occurs when two or more roles are inconsistent with each other.

Role Conflict

Role Overload

Having more roles or responsibilities than one can handle.

Role Overload

Pros

  • Applies to different levels of social organization
  • Applicable to the general population
  • Can guide behavior

Pros

Cons

  • The term role can be used differently
  • There are different modes of expectations
  • Tells people how to act

Cons

Interventions

Interventions

  • Pointing out positive roles that they still have
  • Assess whether they had a role before moving into assissted care
  • Encouraging engagement in activities in which they possess a specific role
  • Explain that your role as an individual may change over time
  • Introduce them to community based clubs

Our Older Adults' Roles

Our Older Adults

Charades

We will act out certain roles people have in society and you guess what role it is and what other roles these indivduals can have.

Scenario #1

Scenario #1

Significant other, couple

Could also be:

  • Parents, grandparents
  • Full-time employees
  • Homeless

Scenario #2

Scenario #2

Older Adult

Could also be:

  • Volunteer
  • Grandma/grandpa
  • Widow/widower

Scenario #3

Scenario #3

Student

Could also be:

  • Parent
  • Estranged son/daughter
  • Full-time employee
  • School board member

References

References

Biddle, B. J. (1986). Retrieved September 27, 2017, from http://www2.ece.ohio-state.edu/~passino/RoleTheory-Biddle-1986.pdf

Blatner, A. (2006, May 2). role theory. Retrieved September 27, 2017, from https://www.blatner.com/adam/level2/roletheory.htm

Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P. A., & Hall, A. M. (2017). Fundamentals of nursing. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Touhy, T. A., & Jett, K. (2016). Ebersole & Hess’ Toward healthy aging: Human needs & nursing response (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Brookes, K., Davidson, P. M., Daly, J., & Halcomb, E. J. (2007). Role theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems. Contemporary Nurse : A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession; Maleny, 25(1/2), 146–55.

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