Social Support Networks, Coping and Positive Aging Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly in Hong Kong (eBook)
XVI, 189 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-13-3783-3 (ISBN)
?Dr. Susu Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Soochow University, China, and has been an Outstanding Young Scholar of Soochow University since 2018. Her research areas include social gerontology, social work with older adults, social support network and volunteerism.
The dramatically increasing aging population of Hong Kong has elicited new risks and opportunities to facilitate a positive life for older adults. This book offers a holistic review of gerontological theories and literature, and constructs a conceptual framework of social support networks, coping and positive aging. In light of the implications of the convoy model of social support to depict an indigenous landscape of positive aging in Hong Kong, this is one of the very few empirical studies that adopts both quantitative research and qualitative research. The research consisted of a pilot study of in-depth interviews with 16 older Hong Kong Chinese and a main study surveying 393 older members of District Elderly Community Center. The results of the study indicate that family and peer support constitute the mainstay of support networks of the elderly, and that family and peer support are associated with positive aging. Moreover, the study shows that it is the depth of emotional closeness, namely, close interaction and intimacy with social partners that makes the greatest contribution to positive aging. Additionally, problem coping and emotion coping are found to mediate the relationship between social support networks and positive aging. There is potential in bringing more domestic helpers into elderly care and improving the service quality such that the goal of Aging in Place can be promoted in Hong Kong. Intended for researchers in social work, gerontology and positive psychology, it is also essential reading for graduates and social work professionals interested in this area. This book makes a valuable contribution to social gerontological research among Hong Kong older adults and the promotion of wellbeing in the elderly via the construct of positive aging in the culture of Chinese society.
Dr. Susu Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Soochow University, China, and has been an Outstanding Young Scholar of Soochow University since 2018. Her research areas include social gerontology, social work with older adults, social support network and volunteerism.
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Literature Review.- Chapter 3 Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 4 Method.- Chapter 5 Findings of In-depth Interview.- Chapter 6 Descriptive Findings of Survey.- Chapter 7 Hypotheses Testing.- Chapter 8 Domestic Helper as a Support Provider.- Chapter 9 Discussion.- Chapter 10 Implications of the Study.- Chapter 11 Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.1.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 189 p. 36 illus., 4 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Humanistische Psychotherapien | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Schlagworte | Chinese traditional culture • Community-dwelling elderly • Convoy Model of Social Support • coping strategies • Domestic Helper Serving Older Adults • emotional closeness • Positive Aging • Social Support Networks • Social Work • Successful aging |
| ISBN-10 | 981-13-3783-7 / 9811337837 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-13-3783-3 / 9789811337833 |
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