Ruffing-Rahal M A
Health Care Women Int. 1993 Sep-Oct;14(5):447-56. doi: 10.1080/07399339309516072.
One promising context for health promotion with older individuals is the continuing small group, meeting on a regular basis for participation in health and wellness activities. As the facilitator of such a group, I have been conducting research using ethnographic and constant comparative methods on the dimensions of group well-being. Three core themes are described: (a) group as ritual, (b) group as celebration, and (c) group as community. Findings extend my previous report (Ruffing-Rahal, 1989) of constructs of well-being among older persons by delineating the small-group properties of well-being.
对于促进老年人的健康而言，一个前景良好的环境是持续开展的小组活动，小组成员定期相聚，参与健康和养生活动。作为这样一个小组的组织者，我一直在运用人种学和持续比较法，对小组幸福感的各个维度进行研究。本文描述了三个核心主题：（a）作为仪式的小组，（b）作为庆典的小组，以及（c）作为社区的小组。研究结果扩展了我之前（鲁芬-拉哈尔，1989年）关于老年人幸福感构成要素的报告，明确了幸福感的小组特性。
