Perceived vitality of age categories in California and Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID11182292
AuthorsJ Harwood (0000-0003-1623-9668, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author), H Giles (0000-0001-8673-271X, University of California, Santa Barbara), Richard Clément (0000-0002-6481-2273, University of Ottawa), Herbert D Pierson (0000-0003-1419-3459, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Herbert Pierson, Susan Fox (0000-0002-2495-8470, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Year1994
Volume15
Issue4
Pages311-318
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-4632 • E-ISSN: 1747-7557
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01434632.1994.9994573
OpenAlexW1990944427
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited22

This paper examines young people's assessments of the subjective vitality (SV) of young, middle‐aged, and elderly targets in Hong Kong and California. This emerged from an interest in the application of the SV framework to age, which is a new development. In addition, we were interested in the relative strength ascribed to the elderly in the two cultures, given western conceptions that the elderly are revered and respected in Asian cultures. The results indicate that, relative to young targets, the elderly are rated as having less vitality in Hong Kong than in California—an effect that was contrary to our expectations. The middle‐aged are seen as having the highest vitality across both cultures. These findings are discussed in terms of recent developments in vitality theory, and the political situation in Hong Kong

Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Vitality · Aging and Gerontology Research · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Gerontology