TY - GEN
T1 - A safety net
T2 - 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018
AU - Wang, Xiying
AU - Knearem, Tiffany
AU - Gui, Fanlu
AU - Gupta, Srishti
AU - Zhu, Haining
AU - Williams, Michael
AU - Carroll, John M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by National Science Foundation Grant #1502176. We thank the participants who volunteered for this study and the reviewers for their useful and insightful feedback.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/4/20
Y1 - 2018/4/20
N2 - Engaging in an active life is important for older adults to maintain and promote well-being. In this study, we discuss how older adults who are aging in place actively promote their well-being through the lens of interacting and socializing with others. We conducted an interview study with 10 participants to understand how they develop and maintain interpersonal relationships with others. We found that older adults took charge in creating, building, developing, and maintaining a safety net, which is reflected in the following four representations: pre-determined network, chosen network, interest-based network, and shared-identity network. We also identified three important characteristics of the safety net: coproducing, reciprocating, and strengthening identity, which influence older adults’ personal and social experiences.
AB - Engaging in an active life is important for older adults to maintain and promote well-being. In this study, we discuss how older adults who are aging in place actively promote their well-being through the lens of interacting and socializing with others. We conducted an interview study with 10 participants to understand how they develop and maintain interpersonal relationships with others. We found that older adults took charge in creating, building, developing, and maintaining a safety net, which is reflected in the following four representations: pre-determined network, chosen network, interest-based network, and shared-identity network. We also identified three important characteristics of the safety net: coproducing, reciprocating, and strengthening identity, which influence older adults’ personal and social experiences.
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U2 - 10.1145/3170427.3188591
DO - 10.1145/3170427.3188591
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85052020466
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 21 April 2018 through 26 April 2018
ER -