Successful Aging:Theories,Research and Prospects(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2018年03期
- Page:
- 102-
- Research Field:
- 老年心理学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Successful Aging:Theories,Research and Prospects
- Author(s):
- GUO Ai-mei; GU Da-nan
- Keywords:
- successful aging; emic approach; etic approach; layperson perspective
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- With the prolonged life expectancy and the rapid population aging worldwide,how to promotesuccessful aging has been a focus for researchers and policymakers. Since the MacArthur model of successfulaging,described by John Rowe and Robert Kahn in 1987,transformed the study of aging from a disciplinefocusing on disease and decline to one emphasizing health and growth,thousands of conceptual and empiricalstudies have struggled to explain what successful aging is and how best to achieve it. Over the past 50 years,definitions of successful aging have stimulated research on biomedical,psychosocial,and biopsychosocialmodels of aging;and research paradigms have been undergoing shifts from essentialism to socialconstructionism,from etic to emic approach,and from healthy seniors to older adults with physical limitations.Future studies should focus on theoretical refinement and methodological innovations,including emphasis onthe successful aging’s relevance to more diverse populations,incorporation of the etic and emic approaches,combination of quantitative and qualitative methods,self-report and externally measurable criteria,appreciationof the longitudinal designs and life-course approach,and integration of individual and societal levels. All thiscan help promote the development of successful aging research in China.
Last Update: 2018-05-25