Aging well socially through engagement with life: Adapting rowe and Kahn's model of successful aging to chinese cultural context

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-330

  Ng, Sik Hung ^a   Cheung, Chau Kiu ^a   Chong, Alice M L ^a   Woo, Jean ^b   Kwan, Alex Y H ^a   Lai, Stephanie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857272985     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.73.4.c     Document Type: Article

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