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Self-Determination Theory and Healthy Aging Comparative Contexts on Physical and Mental Well-Being
Title
Self-Determination Theory and Healthy Aging [electronic resource] : Comparative Contexts on Physical and Mental Well-Being / edited by Betsy Ng, Gloria Ho.
ISBN
9789811569685
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
Publication
Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Physical Description
XIII, 245 p. 6 illus. online resource.
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Summary
This book pioneers evidence-based research on healthy aging through the application of self determination theory (SDT). Its uniqueness is located in the fact that to date, no other work has applied SDT to the empirical study of aging populations. The authors focus on how SDT drives healthy, successful and active aging, and note that the motivation factors underpinning healthy aging are often neglected, or altogether absent, in the existing literature. This edited volume is particularly timely given the expanding aging crisis in many North American, European and Asian contexts. The collection of chapters meets this challenge head-on in comparing these contexts vis-a-vis a broad international scope, and subsequent discussions on important specialty issues in aging, such as hearing and memory loss. The work offers global perspectives on aging, autonomy and associated life challenges, as well as factors relating to the sustainability of healthy aging in terms of physical and mental well-being. This book will be highly relevant to researchers in the SDT community, as well as specialists in aging and gerontology. It will also be of interest to lifespan psychologists and developmental psychologists. .
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 05, 2020
Contents
Chapter 1.Self-Determination Theory: Attributes of healthy ageing
Chapter 2.Towards healthy ageing: Understanding enabling factors and well-being in Singapore
Chapter 3.Predicting relations among life goals, physical activity, health, and well-being in elderly adults: A Self-Determination Theory perspective on healthy ageing
Chapter 4.Musical engagement and psychological need satisfaction in later life: Experiences from communities of older musicians in Japan and Hong Kong
Chapter 5 .Why care? A Self-Determination Theory perspective of informal caregiving
Chapter 6 .How do people engage with hearing services? Exploring motivation for help-seeking and perceptions of autonomy support in older adults seeking help for their hearing
Chapter 7.A phenomenological exploration of autonomy and related psychological needs among the residents of a memory care unit
Chapter 8.Autonomy and active ageing
Chapter 9.Benefits of travel motivation in senior adults: A self-determination theory approach
Chapter 10.The importance of a supportive community environment in promoting and sustaining healthy ageing: A self-determination theory perspective.
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