Teater Barbra, Chonody Jill M
Department of Social Work, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, USA.
Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2020 Dec;91(4):599-625. doi: 10.1177/0091415019871207. Epub 2019 Aug 28.
Successful aging is a prominent theory that describes the aging process and the expected activities and behaviors older adults should engage in or exhibit to age successfully. Although this theory is used to gauge the extent to which older adults are aging successfully, older adults' experiences and perspectives of what successful aging means to them are missing from the theory. A five-step scoping review framework was used to explore and synthesize the existing research that investigated older adults' perspectives on successful aging. Twelve main themes were found and ranged from the importance of social relationships and interactions to having a good death. Findings indicated older adults do not define successful aging as strictly as is found in the literature. Old age and the aging process from the views of older adults provide future directions for theory development and research.
成功老龄化是一个重要理论，它描述了老龄化过程以及老年人为成功老龄化应参与或展现的预期活动和行为。尽管该理论用于衡量老年人成功老龄化的程度，但该理论中缺少老年人对成功老龄化对他们意味着什么的经历和观点。一个五步范围综述框架被用于探索和综合现有研究，这些研究调查了老年人对成功老龄化的观点。发现了十二个主要主题，范围从社会关系和互动的重要性到善终。研究结果表明，老年人对成功老龄化的定义不像文献中那样严格。老年人对老年和老龄化过程的看法为理论发展和研究提供了未来方向。
