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Article: New horizons in understanding the experience of Chinese people living with dementia: a positive psychology approach

TitleNew horizons in understanding the experience of Chinese people living with dementia: a positive psychology approach
Authors
KeywordsCross-cultural
Harmony
Wellbeing
Lived experience
Older adults
Issue Date2021
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/
Citation
Age and Ageing, 2021, v. 50 n. 5, p. 1493-1498 How to Cite?
AbstractAs the global average age increases, the incidence of dementia is also rising. Given improvements in diagnosis and life expectancies, people now live longer with dementia. Thus, the wellbeing and quality of life among people living with dementia are increasingly important areas for research. Research with Western populations has recently begun to apply positive psychology concepts to understand wellbeing in people with dementia. Positive psychology focuses on positive emotions and traits that allow individuals to flourish and thrive—it highlights the possibility of positive subjective experiences in the face of loss and functional decline, and contrasts the traditional deficit-focused perception of dementia. Despite being a major driver in the global growth of dementia prevalence, there is a dearth of research using such positive concepts to understand people with dementia in non-Western communities. This review contains discussion of research on positive constructs in Chinese older adults, and parallels between traditional Chinese cultural values and positive psychology. On this basis, we propose the applicability of a positive psychology framework to Chinese people with dementia, and that ‘harmony’ is an important culturally specific concept to consider in this area of research. A positive psychology approach acknowledges that strengths and positive experiences can endure after dementia diagnosis. This not only adds to the under-researched area of lived experience of dementia in Chinese people, but highlights areas that could be the focus of interventions or measured as outcomes. By improving understanding, this approach also has potential to reduce carer burden and stigma around dementia.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306306
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 6.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.696
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dc.contributor.authorLau, WYT-
dc.contributor.authorStoner, C-
dc.contributor.authorWong, GHY-
dc.contributor.authorSpector, A-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T10:21:44Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-20T10:21:44Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationAge and Ageing, 2021, v. 50 n. 5, p. 1493-1498-
dc.identifier.issn0002-0729-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/306306-
dc.description.abstractAs the global average age increases, the incidence of dementia is also rising. Given improvements in diagnosis and life expectancies, people now live longer with dementia. Thus, the wellbeing and quality of life among people living with dementia are increasingly important areas for research. Research with Western populations has recently begun to apply positive psychology concepts to understand wellbeing in people with dementia. Positive psychology focuses on positive emotions and traits that allow individuals to flourish and thrive—it highlights the possibility of positive subjective experiences in the face of loss and functional decline, and contrasts the traditional deficit-focused perception of dementia. Despite being a major driver in the global growth of dementia prevalence, there is a dearth of research using such positive concepts to understand people with dementia in non-Western communities. This review contains discussion of research on positive constructs in Chinese older adults, and parallels between traditional Chinese cultural values and positive psychology. On this basis, we propose the applicability of a positive psychology framework to Chinese people with dementia, and that ‘harmony’ is an important culturally specific concept to consider in this area of research. A positive psychology approach acknowledges that strengths and positive experiences can endure after dementia diagnosis. This not only adds to the under-researched area of lived experience of dementia in Chinese people, but highlights areas that could be the focus of interventions or measured as outcomes. By improving understanding, this approach also has potential to reduce carer burden and stigma around dementia.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/-
dc.relation.ispartofAge and Ageing-
dc.subjectCross-cultural-
dc.subjectHarmony-
dc.subjectWellbeing-
dc.subjectLived experience-
dc.subjectOlder adults-
dc.titleNew horizons in understanding the experience of Chinese people living with dementia: a positive psychology approach-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWong, GHY: ghywong@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityWong, GHY=rp01850-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ageing/afab097-
dc.identifier.pmid34107007-
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dc.identifier.hkuros326947-
dc.identifier.volume50-
dc.identifier.issue5-
dc.identifier.spage1493-
dc.identifier.epage1498-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000743057600011-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-

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