An alternative discourse of productive aging: A self-restrained approach in older Chinese people in Hong Kong
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- 作者：Minxia Luoa ; lauralmx@connect.hku.hk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ernest Wing-tak Chuib ; ernest@hku.hk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Productive aging ; Productive engagement ; Chinese culture ; Hong Kong
- 刊名：Journal of Aging Studies
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：38
- 期：Complete
- 页码：27-36
- 全文大小：288 K
文摘
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Alternative discourse on productive aging exists in Chinese culture.
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Older Hong Kong Chinese interpret productive aging with a passive approach—avoid being burden.
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The tendency toward self-restraint is rooted in the Chinese normative beliefs and the socioeconomic background of Hong Kong.
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It encompassed a compromise between expecting allegiance and pragmatic constraint.