Daily experience and psychological well-being of older people in Vietnam : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Hong An
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T02:23:52Z
dc.date.available2019-06-18T02:23:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an exploration of Vietnamese older people’s perspective of psychological well-being. Although well-being in later adulthood is a developing field in psychology which attracts the focus of many researchers, the body of research on this area in Vietnam is limited. Daily experiences and insights of 10 Vietnamese older people were collected and analysed using the phenomenological approach and thematic analysis. Three themes emerged from the interviews. “A mindful state of being” consists of the awareness and acceptance of physical dimensions in the participants’ life. “The value of self” is the participants’ assertion of their autonomy and existential meaning. Meanwhile, “interdependence” shows how the elderly’s lives harmoniously intertwined with their social relationships. These results depict Vietnamese older people’s psychological well-being as an integration of Eastern and Western perspectives. It involves older people’s awareness of their role as an autonomous individual as well as an integrated part of society.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/14686
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectOlder people -- Vietnam -- Mental healthen_US
dc.subjectOlder people -- Vietnam -- Social life and customsen_US
dc.subjectAutonomy (Psychology) in old age -- Vietnamen_US
dc.subjectAging -- Vietnamen_US
dc.subjectWell-being -- Vietnamen_US
dc.titleDaily experience and psychological well-being of older people in Vietnam : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorNguyen, Hong An
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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