刘素素

刘素素，女，生于山东，香港城市大学应用社会科学系博士，苏州大学社会学院讲师，苏州大学首届优秀青年学者。主要研究方向为社会工作理论、社会老年学、社会支持网络与社会资本。目前承担江苏省高校哲学社会科学项目“草根志愿组织社会资本的建构与利用”；在SSCI期刊、CSSCI期刊等发表论文8篇。

Hong Kong, as a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), embraces a large density of the Chinese population, of which the older population is booming. It is one of the fastest‐aging societies in the world with a high proportion of older adults among the Asia Pacific regions. Though many older adults are healthy, the burgeoning older population has elicited new risks and opportunities to facilitate a positive experience of aging for older adults. In Hong Kong, the number of community-dwelling elderly accounts for over 90 percent of the population of older adults. As to the older adults living in the community, how can they live positively and continue to contribute to family and society at an old age? The present study aims to examine the concept of positive aging, identifying its definition, components and implications, and exploring two main influencing variables (e.g., social support networks and coping), taking Hong Kong as a case study.