‘Turning Point’ in Life Course Theory

 Turning point, a key concept in the developmental life course approach, is currently understudied in the field of substance abuse, but merits further research.

A turning point often involves a particular event, experience, or awareness that results in changes in the direction of a pathway or persistent trajectory over the long-term.

The life course perspective has been applied to several areas of family inquiry in North America (particularly in the United States), as well as inter-nationally.

Although space limitations do not permit full coverage of this vast body of work, several studies are highlighted to illustrate recent applications of the approach.

In the United States, researchers have adopted this framework to investigate: men’s housework (Coltrane and Ishii-Kuntz 1992)the timing of marriage and military service (Call and Teachman 1996); 

work history and timing of marriage (Pittman and Blanchard 1996); families, delinquency and crime (Sampson and Laub 1993) as well as many other substantive areas

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