Aging Well Socially through Engagement with Life: Adapting Rowe and Kahn's Model of Successful Aging to Chinese Cultural Context

Autor/inn/en	Ng, Sik Hung; Cheung, Chau-Kiu; Chong, Alice M. L.; Woo, Jean; Kwan, Alex Y. H.; Lai, Stephanie
Titel	Aging Well Socially through Engagement with Life: Adapting Rowe and Kahn's Model of Successful Aging to Chinese Cultural Context
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 73 (2011) 4, S.313-330 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Caring; Factor Structure; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Aging (Individuals); Asian Culture; Goodness of Fit; Models; Measurement; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Support Groups; Employment; Family Relationship; Citizen Participation; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Faktorenstruktur; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Aging; Altern; Analogiemodell; Messverfahren; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Dienstverhältnis; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Hongkong
Abstract	Although aging well socially (Engagement with Life) is as important as aging well personally (Illness Avoidance and Functioning) (Rowe & Kahn, 1998), it has received less research attention. A Caring (CE) and a Productive (PE) form of Engagement were derived from an analysis of Chinese cultural meanings of engagement, and combined with Illness Avoidance and Functioning to form a 4-factor model. Confirmatory factor analysis based on 2,970 Hong Kong Chinese (40 to 74 years) showed a good model fit that was replicated a year later with 2,120 of the original sample. Further analysis led to a more parsimonious model where Illness Avoidance and Functioning converged into a single second-order factor whereas CE and PE remained as distinct first-order factors. The results supported the differentiation of Rowe and Kahn's Engagement with Life component into Caring and Productive Engagements. (Contains 4 tables, 2 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10