Life Course Perspective Analysis

The three themes of the life course perspective include, relationships, events, and experiences of early life have consequences. To start with the description of these themes we see experiences and that our physical and mental health is closely related to the advantages and disadvantages we had in early childhood. People who begin life with a social advantage generally are better positioned to succeed later in life, and people with adversities early in life are often blocked from opportunities that allow them to have a happy and healthy life leading into their old age. Also researchers have found that childhood experiences such as parental death, parental divorce, child abuse victimization, poverty, and living in an unsafe neighborhood, have
harmful implications for health among older adults. Overall adversities in early life give rise to difficulties in adulthood, which can make the aging process very difficult. We see relationships in the same way, if we develop relationships with good quality people, it ensure our experiences later in life. This also creates the same results for events. When we see or experience certain events in our lives, they can change our lives for either the better or the worse. It all depends on the way one interprets events and takes that interpretation into their life. We see overall that all three themes can affect one’s life, and really shapes the path of the individuals life for the future.