Engagement in civic organisations in old age: Motivations for participation and retention

Martins, Teresa Alves; Nunes, João Arriscado; Dias, Isabel; Menezes, Isabel

doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100977

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“…The final validation was done through inter-judge agreement, that is, through discussion and confirmation by the authors that the themes are consistent given the codes identified. This type of analysis gives validity to the data collected and meaning to the context in which it was collected, thus contributing to a better understanding of the information from the interviews ( Martins et al, 2021 ).…”

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“Older people are weak”: perceptions and meanings of ageing and abuse against older people

Dias,

Fraga

2024

Front. Sociol.

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IntroductionThis paper addresses the broader issue of elder abuse and seeks to analyse how victims and non-victims of abuse connect and explain the perception of ageing and the phenomenon of violence against older people.MethodsA qualitative study was conducted based on evidence gathered through 45 semi-structured interviews with people aged 60 or above who are part of the Portuguese EPIPorto population cohort. The interviews were analysed using grounded theory.Results/discussionThe results show that respondents link the ageist narratives that exist in our societies to the prevalence and naturalisation of violence against older people, that the risk of abuse increases with the weakening of family support networks, and that abuse is both a manifestation of asymmetrical power relations between victims and perpetrators and a severe violation of human rights. The findings also highlight the need to broaden the concept of violence against older people to include offences in the public sphere and not just in the context of the family and institutions.

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“Older people are weak”: perceptions and meanings of ageing and abuse against older people

Dias,

Fraga

2024

Front. Sociol.

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The meaning in group volunteering and its influence on the well-being of community-dwelling older volunteers in Japan: A qualitative study

Hotta,

Ishimaru

2024

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In Their Words: African American and Latine Immigrant Older Adults (Re)Define Civic Participation

Reyes

2024

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

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Objectives Older adults’ civic participation has received considerable attention. However, this literature has understudied the experiences of civic participation among minoritized ethnoracial older adults. Particularly absent from this literature is the contextualization of civic participation as it exists within cultural and historical structures of inequality that influence how these populations understand, participate, and experience civic life. Methods A phenomenological design was used to explore civic participation through participants’ experiences and unique perspectives. Thirty-four in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Latine immigrant and Black older adults (ages 60+) living in New Jersey and New York City. A conceptual content analysis was used to identify how older Black and Latine immigrant adults define civic participation for themselves. Results This study presents three new definitions of civic participation, that are derived directly from participants’ conceptualization and applied across the lived experiences. Definitions present civic participation as the responsibility of community belonging; as a religious/spiritual practice; and a way of life. These definitions provide new perspectives by which to study civic participation and challenge current framing of helper and needy, altruism, the voluntary nature of participation, and the separation between social, political, and spiritual participation. Discussion Findings from this study contribute to expanding gerontology’s ontological imagination of how civic participation is experienced and conceptualized among older Latine immigrant and Black adults. The expertise shared by older African Americans and Latine immigrants, lends us important perspectives to develop a critical theoretical framework by which scholars can more accurately study civic participation among this diverse population.

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Engagement in civic organisations in old age: Motivations for participation and retention

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

“Older people are weak”: perceptions and meanings of ageing and abuse against older people

“Older people are weak”: perceptions and meanings of ageing and abuse against older people

The meaning in group volunteering and its influence on the well-being of community-dwelling older volunteers in Japan: A qualitative study

In Their Words: African American and Latine Immigrant Older Adults (Re)Define Civic Participation

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