Aging in Place in Hong Kong and Its Implications for Sustainable Growth: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Wants, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Well-Being of Older Adults through Self-Determination Theory and Social Cognitive Theory

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Sustainability 2024, 16(8), 3447; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083447 (registering DOI)

Submission acquired: 5 March 2024 / Revised: 15 April 2024 / Accepted: 17 April 2024 / Revealed: 19 April 2024

Summary

With the quickly growing older inhabitants, Aging in Place (AIP) assumes an more and more pivotal position, because it aligns with SDG 3 (Good Well being and Properly-being) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ideas. Regardless of the contributions of AIP, there’s a dearth of research investigating the corresponding wants and well-being of older adults from psychological and sociocultural views. This research aimed to analyze older adults’ wants, beliefs, behaviors, well-being, in addition to perceived challenges and alternatives pertaining to AIP. Adopting a qualitative design, in-depth semi-structured interviews have been carried out with 41 older adults on a person foundation. Through thematic evaluation, a theoretical framework on the subject of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) was established. Findings reveal that the psychological wants of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and dignity are conducive to well-being and determination making. Worry of being a burden to others emerges as a dominant sociocultural assemble. This analysis extends SDT by incorporating the want for dignity as an overarching issue intersecting with SDT wants. Fulfilling psychological wants, honoring cultural beliefs, and aligning with SDG3 and ESG ideas are essential to the profitable implementation of AIP. AIP insurance policies shouldn’t solely take into account older adults’ sensible wants but additionally their psychological wants, thereby fostering an age-friendly surroundings through sustainable improvement.

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Lee, S.W.; Xu, J.; Wut, T.-M.; Lau, Y.-Y.; Chan, J.H.L.; Liu, T.-S.; Mok, L.W.Y.; Chan, J.Ok.Y. Aging in Place in Hong Kong and Its Implications for Sustainable Growth: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Wants, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Well-Being of Older Adults through Self-Determination Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3447. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083447

AMA Model

Lee SW, Xu J, Wut T-M, Lau Y-Y, Chan JHL, Liu T-S, Mok LWY, Chan JKY. Aging in Place in Hong Kong and Its Implications for Sustainable Growth: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Wants, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Well-Being of Older Adults through Self-Determination Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. Sustainability. 2024; 16(8):3447. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083447

Chicago/Turabian Model

Lee, Stephanie W., Jing Xu, Tai-Ming Wut, Yui-Yip Lau, Joseph H. L. Chan, Tin-Shing Liu, Louis W. Y. Mok, and Jason Ok. Y. Chan. 2024. “Aging in Place in Hong Kong and Its Implications for Sustainable Growth: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Wants, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Well-Being of Older Adults through Self-Determination Theory and Social Cognitive Theory” Sustainability 16, no. 8: 3447. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083447

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