Older people and ‘active ageing’: subjective aspects of ageing actively

Stenner, Paul; McFarquhar, Tara and Bowling, Ann (2011). Older people and ‘active ageing’: subjective aspects of ageing actively. Journal of Health Psychology, 16(3) pp. 467–477.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105310384298

URL: http://hpq.sagepub.com/content/16/3/467

Abstract

Following a critical overview of the active ageing concept, a thematic decomposition of 42 transcribed interviews with British people aged 72 years and over indicates that active ageing is understood in relation to physical, cognitive, psychological and social factors, but that these co-exist in complex combinations. The notion of activity in active ageing is grasped in relation to an active/passive distinction which emphasizes the enhancement or diminishment of concrete powers of activity. A ‘challenge and response’ framework is suggested for future research on active ageing.

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• Item ORO ID
• 30122
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1359-1053
• Keywords
• activity; affect; age; qualitative methods; critical health psychology
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• Paul Stenner