Social Support Networks, Coping and Positive Aging Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly in Hong Kong

• Main Author: Liu, Susu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Aging.; Positive psychology.; Social work.; Quality of life.; Positive Psychology.; Social Work.; Quality of Life Research.

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 an...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• Chapter 3 Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 4 Method
• Chapter 5 Findings of In-depth Interview
• Chapter 6 Descriptive Findings of Survey
• Chapter 7 Hypotheses Testing
• Chapter 8 Domestic Helper as a Support Provider
• Chapter 9 Discussion
• Chapter 10 Implications of the Study
• Chapter 11 Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Appendix A
• Appendix B.