Design of Age-appropriate Products in Intergenerational Communication from the Perspective of Socio-ecological System Theory

SUN Mingxi; JIANG Boquan; ZHAO Zhifeng; LIU Huan

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.12.019

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (12) : 201-211. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.12.019

Design of Age-appropriate Products in Intergenerational Communication from the Perspective of Socio-ecological System Theory

SUN Mingxi, JIANG Boquan, ZHAO Zhifeng^*, LIU Huan

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The work aims to break the communication barriers of the elderly group in intergenerational communication and complete a product design scheme for the elderly to promote intergenerational communication by objectively obtaining the user needs of the middle-aged and elderly groups in intergenerational communication. Firstly, based on the theoretical framework of socio-ecological system, the qualitative analysis of intergenerational relationship differences and the needs of elderly users was carried out to extract product indicators and construct a hierarchical structure model. Secondly, the AHP-DEMATEL model was used to calculate the weighted weight value, associated weight value and their relationship between the index elements of each product. Finally, the mixed weights were calculated to comprehensively identify the key user needs and guide the completion of the design scheme. The three themes and eight sub-themes of intergenerational communication and the importance of the design index of age-appropriate products were clarified, and the design of age-appropriate products was completed. Socio-ecological system theory can be effectively used in the field of design for the comprehensive analysis of user needs. The AHP-DEMATEL model can establish and verify the importance of multiple indicators in product design, effectively reduce the ambiguity in the design of intergenerational age-appropriate products, and provide a reference for the design of related elderly products.

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AHP / DEMATEL / socio-ecological system theory / intergenerational communication / age-appropriate

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SUN Mingxi, JIANG Boquan, ZHAO Zhifeng, LIU Huan. Design of Age-appropriate Products in Intergenerational Communication from the Perspective of Socio-ecological System Theory[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2025, 46(12): 201-211 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.12.019

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