Open AccessWhat Does Successful Aging Mean? Lay Perception of Successful Aging Among Elderly Singaporeans
Author(s) -
Qiushi Feng,
Paulin Tay Straughan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbw151
Subject(s) - successful aging , spouse , perception , latent class model , gerontology , psychology , focus group , medicine , sociology , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , anthropology
We explore the culturally specific meaning of successful aging in Singapore, an ethnically diverse city-state in Asia. We aim to investigate lay perceptions of successful aging among the elderly individuals in Singapore and further examine variations of these perceptions.
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