Miriam Sang Ah Park

Nottingham Trent University, UK

Title: Re-thinking ageing: Qualitative and quantitative inquiries into positive ageing

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Biography

Miriam Sang-Ah Park is social and cross-cultural psychologist with strong interest in how culture, society and community shapes individual belief, attitudes and well-being. Her research focus on sociopolitical changes and it’s psychological impacts across different cultural context, including emerging country like South Korea and ex-communist countries such as Hungary. Her PhD explore the intersection of family centeredness and democratisation across culture. Currently based on Malaysia, She is engaging in research on interethnic relations, cultural identities, family values, and subjective well-being in Southeast Asia and other cultures.

Abstract

While ageing literature tends to focus on the problematic aspects of ageing, there is a growing need to also consider the everyday, subjective experience of ageing and ways to improve well-being and quality of life in old age. Positive ageing is a perspective we adopt to look at this experience more carefully, and to understand what it means to age well for those in this age group. I will present the results from our qualitative and quantitative studies which shed a light on the meaning and experience of positive ageing for older adults in the UK and the potential implications for the ageing population worldwide.