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Social Support Networks, Coping and Positive Aging Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly in Hong Kong (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Social Support Networks, Coping and Positive Aging Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly in Hong Kong (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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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.
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