ABSTRACT A change-of-life issue for older people is finding ways to engage meaningfully and be creative. Sustaining a sense of self-efficacy in one’s abilities to be productive is vital for wellbeing. Our research explored the perceived self-efficacy developed in an Australian University of the Third Age poetry class. We gathered data from one class session through observation, a focus group and paired interviews. Transcribed data identified participants’ voices, and common themes were noted. We use Bandura’s idea of perceived self-efficacy, through examining mastery experiences, modelling, social persuasion and a positive learning climate to understand the data. These sources of self-efficacy were pivotal for participants’ positive self-efficacy. We offer this example of how older people can achieve mastery in a new field of creative endeavour at a time in their life-course often positioned as diminishing. In doing so, we challenge conventional understandings of ageing.

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通过诗歌写作在晚年发展自我效能感。对 U3A 澳大利亚老年人诗歌团体的分析

摘要 老年人改变生活的一个问题是寻找有意义的参与和创造性的方法。在一个人的生产力中保持自我效能感对于幸福至关重要。我们的研究探讨了在澳大利亚第三时代大学诗歌课中发展起来的自我效能感。我们通过观察、焦点小组和配对访谈从一节课中收集数据。转录数据确定了参与者的声音，并记录了共同的主题。我们使用班杜拉的自我效能感概念，通过检查掌握经验、建模、社会说服和积极的学习氛围来理解数据。这些自我效能感的来源对于参与者的积极自我效能感至关重要。我们提供了这个例子，说明老年人如何在他们的生命历程中经常被定位为递减的时候，在一个新的创造性努力领域取得精通。在这样做的过程中，我们挑战了对衰老的传统理解。