Self-Determination Theory and Healthy Aging: Comparative Contexts on Physical and Mental Well-Being

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Abstract

Chapter 1.Self-Determination Theory: Attributes of healthy ageing -- Chapter 2.Towards healthy ageing: Understanding enabling factors and well-being in Singapore -- Chapter 3.Predicting relations among life goals, physical activity, health, and well-being in elderly adults: A Self-Determination Theory perspective on healthy ageing -- Chapter 4.Musical engagement and psychological need satisfaction in later life: Experiences from communities of older musicians in Japan and Hong Kong -- Chapter 5 .Why care? A Self-Determination Theory perspective of informal caregiving -- Chapter 6 .How do people engage with hearing services? Exploring motivation for help-seeking and perceptions of autonomy support in older adults seeking help for their hearing -- Chapter 7.A phenomenological exploration of autonomy and related psychological needs among the residents of a memory care unit -- Chapter 8.Autonomy and active ageing -- Chapter 9.Benefits of travel motivation in senior adults: A self-determination theory approach -- Chapter 10.The importance of a supportive community environment in promoting and sustaining healthy ageing: A self-determination theory perspective.