Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
The Academic College Levinsky Wingate, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Sep;43(9):1183-1193. doi: 10.1177/07334648241234488. Epub 2024 Feb 23.
This paper examines how older adults who participated in an online photovoice-based group intervention program reported their experience. In a qualitative-phenomenological study, in which 13 older-adult people participated, data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed through content analysis. The findings point to three central themes: a) Challenges-technical difficulties, difficulties in finding a subject for photography, investing time in photography, and an emotional-intellectual effort to put their experience into photography; b) Growth: New knowledge and skills-acquiring new knowledge, acquiring skills, experiencing skills regardless of age, and empowerment; c) Meaning-reflexivity, the ability to project feelings onto images, connection to the outside world, mindfulness, ability to choose, creativity, and critical consciousness. The findings share the way in which the use of creative visual engagement with photography contributed to coping with various challenges and enabled various gains within the process among the older-adult participants.
本论文探讨了参与在线摄影群体干预计划的老年人如何报告他们的体验。在一项定性现象学研究中，有 13 名老年人参与，通过半结构化深入访谈收集数据，并通过内容分析进行分析。研究结果指出了三个核心主题：a）挑战-技术困难、寻找摄影主题的困难、投入摄影的时间、以及将经验转化为摄影的情感智力努力；b）成长：新知识和技能-获得新知识、获得技能、无论年龄大小都能体验技能、赋权；c）意义-反思、将感受投射到图像上的能力、与外部世界的联系、正念、选择能力、创造力和批判意识。研究结果分享了老年人参与者如何通过创造性的视觉参与摄影来应对各种挑战，并在该过程中实现各种收益的方式。
