Aging well socially through engagement with life: Adapting Rowe and Kahn’ s model of successful aging to Chinese cultural context
Author(s)
Author(s)
Ng, S. H.
Cheung, C.-K.
Woo, J.
Kwan, A. Y. H.
Lai, S.
Date Issued
2011
Publisher
Sage Publications
Journal
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Volume
73
Issue
4
Start page
313
End page
330
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.
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