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Active Aging Across the Life Course
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Active Aging Across the Life Course

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "Family Studies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1095

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Lili Xie

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School of Population and Health, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Interests: social participation of older adults; quality of life in older adults; age-friendly environments

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The concept of active aging throughout one's lifespan holds a pivotal position in fostering the comprehensive well-being of individuals, encompassing physical, mental, and social dimensions as they progress through the stages of life. This perspective embodies a proactive and holistic view of the aging process, encompassing a comprehensive range of activities such as physical exercise, cognitive enhancements, and social engagement throughout the lifespan. The primary aim of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the diverse experiences associated with active aging across the globe, while elucidating the impact of these varying processes on the life stages of older adults. Additionally, we delve deeper into the complexities of active aging, exploring how diverse cultures, social structures, and environmental factors shape the lived experiences of older adults. Furthermore, we encourage submissions that highlight innovative strategies and practices that promote active aging, ranging from community-based interventions to individual-level behavioral modifications.

We hope that this Special Issue will inspire readers to adopt a proactive and holistic approach to aging, enabling older adults to enjoy a more fulfilling and healthy later life.

Dr. Lili Xie
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • active aging
  • lifespan
  • older adults
  • lived experiences
  • social engagement

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Volunteering, Social Trust and Life Satisfaction of the Young-Old in China: Based on Urban-Rural Differences
by Xuanyu Hu and Lili Xie
Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(3), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14030153 - 28 Feb 2025
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With the increasingly severe situation of population aging in China, how to improve the well-being of older adults is an important topic of social discussion. However, the situation of older adults in urban and rural China greatly differs. Current research has focused on [...] Read more.
With the increasingly severe situation of population aging in China, how to improve the well-being of older adults is an important topic of social discussion. However, the situation of older adults in urban and rural China greatly differs. Current research has focused on older people in urban areas, with insufficient attention paid to the urban-rural differences in older groups. At the same time, volunteering is considered to be a significant strategy to improve the lives of older adults, and the young-old are the main participants in volunteer activities, but the impact and influence mechanism of volunteering on life satisfaction among urban and rural young-old have yet to be clarified. Therefore, the goal of this study is to analyze the influence of volunteering on the lives of the young-old in a more comprehensive way, mainly exploring three questions: (1) The impact of volunteering on life satisfaction of the young-old. (2) The influence mechanism of volunteering on their life satisfaction. (3) The urban-rural differences in the impact and influence mechanism. To answer the above questions, this study was conducted from the perspective of urban-rural differences, based on Activity Theory and Social Capital Theory, and adopted quantitative research methods, including multiple linear regression and structural equation models. Secondary data, which comes from the Chinese Social Survey in 2021, was used in this study, and we chose the Chinese older adults aged 55–70 years old as the object of study. The results show that volunteering positively correlates with life satisfaction, while social trust is a significant positive mediating mechanism. Furthermore, the rural young-old benefit more from volunteering. The findings imply that it is of great significance to appropriately encourage the young-old to participate in volunteer activities, formulate targeted policies for different older people based on urban-rural differences, and gradually break the obstacles of the urban-rural dual system comprehensively. Full article
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