612
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Comparison of Asian Countries and Age Groups in the Attitudes Toward Active Aging and Impression of Older Adults

, Ph.DORCID Icon, , Ph.D & , Ph.D
Pages 422-439 | Received 31 Mar 2020, Accepted 03 Feb 2021, Published online: 23 Mar 2022

References

  • An, J. S., Chong, Y. S., Jeong, Y. J., Seo, S. G., & Cooney, T. M. (2011). Critical aspirations from studies of successful aging. The Korean Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(3), 35–54. http://journal.kci.go.kr/baldal/archive/articleView?artiId=ART001586299
  • Bambra, C. (2007). Going beyond The Three worlds of welfare capitalism: Regime theory and public health research. Journal of Epidemiology Community Health, 61(12), 1098–1102. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.064295
  • Boll, S., Raffelhüschen, B., & Walliser, J. (1994). Social security and intergenerational redistribution: A generational accounting perspective. Public Choice, 81(1–2), 79–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053267
  • Chauvel, L., & Schröder, M. (2014). Generational inequalities and welfare regimes. Social Forces, 92(4), 1259–1283. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sot156
  • Choi, S. J. (2015). Active ageing in South Korea. In A. Walker & C. Aspalter (Eds.), Active ageing in Asia (pp. 57–75). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Chong, Y. S. (2011). Search for aging in the Korean elderly woman: Moving toward matured aging. Korean Classical Woman’s Literature Studies, 23(23), 5–56. https://doi.org/10.17090/kcwls.2011.23.5
  • Chong, Y. S., Jo, S. A., An, J. S., & Jeong, Y. J. (2012). Effect of family relations as a source of meaning of life and self-transcendence value on successful aging in Korean elders. The Korean Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25(1), 19–41. http://journal.kci.go.kr/baldal/archive/articleView?artiId=ART001642236
  • de São José, J. M., Timonen, V., Amando, C. A. F., & Santos, S. P. (2017). A critique of Active Aging Index. Journal of Aging Studies, 40, 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2017.01.001
  • Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, R. O.C. (2020) Economic development statistics. https://www.dgbas.gov.tw/point.asp?index=1 [Accessed 29 January 2020]
  • Dykstra, P. A., & Fleischmann, M. (2018). Are societies with a high value on the Active Ageing Index more age integrated? Building evidence for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential (pp. 19–38). Springer Nature.
  • Esping-Andersen, G. (1990). The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Polity.
  • Faílde Garrido, J. M., Dapía Conde, M. D., Vázquez Vázquez, M. A., Ruíz Sorianoa, L., & Vázquez Rodríguez, L. (2019). The perspective of different age groups regarding old age and aging in highly aged contexts. The Social Science Journal, 58(1), 77–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.03.001
  • Fernandez-Ballesteros, R., Olmos, R., Santacreu, S., Bustillos, A., & Molina, M. A. (2017). The role of perceived discrimination on active aging. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 71, 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.02.004
  • Hamblin, K. A. (2013). Active ageing in the European Union: Policy convergence and divergence. Palgrave Macmillian.
  • Hess, M., Nauman, E., & Steinkopf, L. (2017). Population ageing, the intergenerational conflict, and active ageing policies – A multilevel study of 27 European countries. Journal of Population Aging, 10(1), 11–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-016-9161-3
  • Hsu, H. C. (2007). Exploring elderly people’s perspective on successful aging in Taiwan. Ageing and Society, 27(1), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X06005137
  • Hsu, H. C., Liang, J., Luh, D. L., Chen, C. F., & Lin, L. J. (2019). Constructing Taiwan’s Active Aging Index and application for international comparison. Social Indicators Research, 146(3), 727–756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-019-02128-6
  • Jeong, Y. J., & An, J. S. (2010). The effects of family relationships on successful aging of the elderly men. Journal of the Korean Gerontological Society, 30(2), 535–560. http://tkgs.or.kr/english/subpage/en_search.php
  • Ladwig, T., Richter, N., Ringle, C. M., & Heitger, N. (2012). Cultural hybrid personalities? Clustering nations according to the big five personality traits. Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) (Research Paper No. 009). https://ssrn.com/abstract=2179435
  • Levy, S. R. (2018). Towards reducing ageism: PEACE (Positive education about aging and contact experiences) model. The Gerontologist, 58(2), 226–232. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw116
  • Mendoza-Núñez, V., Sarmiento-Salmorán, E., Marín-Cortés, R., Martínez-Maldonado, M. L., & Ruiz-Ramos, M. (2018). Influence of the self-perception of old age on the effect of a healthy aging program. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(106), 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7050106
  • Ministry Of Health and Welfare, Korea. (2014). Basic law on low birthrate and aging society.
  • Ministry of Interior, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2019). The yearly statistics of Ministry of Interior. Retrived January 29, 2020, from https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/2/year/year.html
  • North, M. S., & Fiske, S. T. (2016). Resource scarcity and prescriptive attitudes generate subtle, intergenerational older-worker exclusion. Journal of Social Issues, 72(1), 122–145. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12159
  • Pescosolido, B. A., & Martin, J. K. (2015). The stigma complex. Annual Review of Sociology, 41(1), 87–116. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145702
  • Precupetu, I., Aartsen, M., & Vasile, M. (2019). Social exclusion and mental wellbeing in older Romanias. Social Inclusion, 7(3), 4–16. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i3.2008
  • Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (2019). http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.html [Accessed 1 February, 2020
  • Statistics Korea. (2018). Statistics of the aged. Republic of Korea. Daejeon.
  • Sung, K. T. (1991). Family-centered informal support networkds of Korean elderly: The resistance of cultural traditions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 6(4), 431–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120070
  • Swift, H. J., Abrams, D., Lamont, R. A., & Drury, L. (2017). The risks of ageism model: How ageism and negative attitudes toward age can be a barrier to active aging. Social Issues and Policy Review, 11(1), 195–231. https://doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12031
  • Tan, S. J., & Tambyah, S. K. (2011). Generalized trust and trust in institutions in Confucian Asia. Social Indicators Research, 103(3), 357–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9703-7
  • Tashima, H. (2015). The formation and current status of the view of the elderly in Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Health and Welfare, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 15, 23–34. http://harp.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/pu-hiroshima/metadata/12324
  • Um, J., Zaidi, A., & Choi, S. J. (2019). Active Ageing Index in Korea- comparison with China and EU countries. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 13(1), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12159
  • UNECE. (2019). Active Aging Index Dashboard. https://statswiki.unece.org/display/AAI/Active±Ageing±Index±Home [Accessed 22 November 2019]
  • UNECE Active Aging Group. (2013). Active Ageing Index (AAI)’(UNECE grant no: ECE/GC/2012/003). 2012. Concept, methodology and final results. European Centre.
  • UNECE/ European Commission. (2015). The 2014 Active Ageing Index (AAI) analytical report. Report prepared by Asghar Zaidi of centre for research on ageing, University of Southampton and David Stanton, under contract with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva), co-funded by European Commission’s Directorate General For Employment, Social Affairs And Inclusion (Brussels). https://ec.europa.eu/eip/ageing/library/2014-active-ageing-index-aai-analytical-report_en [Accessed 11 March 2020]
  • van der Horst, M. (2019). Internalized ageism and self-exclusions: Does feeling old and health pessimisms make individuals want to retire early? Social Inclusion, 7(3), 27–43. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i3.1865
  • van Dyk, S. (2014). The appraisal of difference: Critical gerontology and the active-ageing paradigm. Journal of Aging Studies, 31, 93–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2014.08.008
  • Vauclair, C.-M., Hanke, K., Huang, -L.-L., & Abrams, D. (2017). Are Asian cultures really less ageist than western ones? It depends on the questions asked. International Journal of Psychology, 52(2), 136–144. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12292
  • Walker, A. (2015). The concept of active ageing. In R. A. Walke & C. Aspalte (Eds.), Active ageing in Asia (pp. 14–29). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Wong, E. L. Y., Lau, J. Y. C., & Yeoh, E. K. (2018). Thinking intergenerationally: Intergenerational solidarity, health and active aging in Hong Kong. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 16(4), 478–492. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2018.1489328
  • World Health Organization. (2002). Active aging: A Policy Framework. https://www.who.int/ageing/publications/active_ageing/en/ [Accessed 11 March 2020]
  • World Health Organization. (2007). Global age-friendly cities: A guide.
  • World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (1998). Wellbeing measures in primary health care/ The depcare project.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.