New image of growing old: A content analysis of books written by baby boomers in Taiwan

PURPOSE: To explore the opinions that baby boomers in Taiwan have about ageing, books written by members of this demographic were taken as the research object. METHODS: A total of 12 books were collected, and a content analysis was used to examine how baby boomers describe old age. RESULTS: Four the...

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Autores principales: Chang, En-Yu, Chiu, Ching-Ju, Yang, Wan-Lin, Chen, Stephanie Yu-Ching
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10177671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37166456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2207926
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description PURPOSE: To explore the opinions that baby boomers in Taiwan have about ageing, books written by members of this demographic were taken as the research object. METHODS: A total of 12 books were collected, and a content analysis was used to examine how baby boomers describe old age. RESULTS: Four themes were identified: 1) Greater mental maturity and strength, 2) a decline in the mastery of life, 3) risks related to encountering misfortune in the future, and 4) self-encouragement and vigilance. CONCLUSIONS: Members of the baby boomer generation in Taiwan believe that they can lead a good life in old age through their own efforts, and they tend to emphasize that they should make contributions in their old age. They especially want to show their abilities and dedication to family and maintain a good relationship with their children.
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spelling pubmed-101776712023-05-13 New image of growing old: A content analysis of books written by baby boomers in Taiwan Chang, En-Yu Chiu, Ching-Ju Yang, Wan-Lin Chen, Stephanie Yu-Ching Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies PURPOSE: To explore the opinions that baby boomers in Taiwan have about ageing, books written by members of this demographic were taken as the research object. METHODS: A total of 12 books were collected, and a content analysis was used to examine how baby boomers describe old age. RESULTS: Four themes were identified: 1) Greater mental maturity and strength, 2) a decline in the mastery of life, 3) risks related to encountering misfortune in the future, and 4) self-encouragement and vigilance. CONCLUSIONS: Members of the baby boomer generation in Taiwan believe that they can lead a good life in old age through their own efforts, and they tend to emphasize that they should make contributions in their old age. They especially want to show their abilities and dedication to family and maintain a good relationship with their children. Taylor & Francis 2023-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10177671/ /pubmed/37166456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2207926 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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Chiu, Ching-Ju
Yang, Wan-Lin
Chen, Stephanie Yu-Ching
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title_short New image of growing old: A content analysis of books written by baby boomers in Taiwan
title_sort new image of growing old: a content analysis of books written by baby boomers in taiwan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10177671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37166456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2207926
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