Exploring Subjective Well-being in Older Age by Using Participant-generated Word Clouds.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the study

Previous research has overlooked the heterogeneity in older adults' personal conceptions of subjective well-being (SWB), by not taking into account intradomain differences in the conceptions of SWB for different groups of older adults. The aim of this article is therefore to explore (a) older adults' own views on which aspects, categorized under domains, are important to their SWB and (b) which domains and aspects are important to older adults in different contexts and with different characteristics: to men and women, of different ages, and in different housing arrangements.

Design and methods

Sixty-six older adults (aged 65 and older) participated in our study. We asked the participants to freely nominate aspects of SWB that are important to them, using

SUBMITTER: Douma L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5434489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature