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Understanding the Connection Among Ikigai, Well-Being, and Home Robot Acceptance in Japanese Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study

Understanding the Connection Among Ikigai, Well-Being, and Home Robot Acceptance in Japanese Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study

As some ambiguity exists over how to translate the conceptual essence of “ikigai” to a Western audience, we start by using a mixed methods approach to consider how ikigai maps to other concepts in the well-being literature (eg, eudaimonic well-being [EWB], hedonic well-being [HWB], meaning, and vitality), analyze older adults’ sources of ikigai along with their sources of concern, and consider how ikigai relates to satisfaction with social roles (work and family) and discretionary activities (leisure and friendships

Natasha Randall, Waki Kamino, Swapna Joshi, Wei-Chu Chen, Long-Jing Hsu, Katherine M Tsui, Selma Šabanović

JMIR Aging 2023;6:e45442