城市老年人社会角色的三维调查

目的了解老年人的社会角色现状及其心理意义。方法由经培训的心理学专业研究生进入城市社区,对219名年龄范围在60～90岁之间、平均年龄为67.42岁的老年人进行半结构式个别访谈,了解其现任哪些角色、看重哪些角色、满意哪些角色;结果根据从多到少排行,老年人现任角色前三位是父/母、夫/妻、爷/奶,看重角色前三位是儿/女、爷/奶、外公/外婆,满意角色前三位是外公/外婆、爷/奶、顾问;老年人对于现任角色中65.09%的看重,64.06%的满意;结论尊老爱幼思想对于老年人看重哪种家庭角色影响很大;老年人对于自己能为家庭和社会做出贡献的角色感到满意。

Investigation of the Roles of Elder in City from Three-Dimensional Perspective

Objective To understand the status and psychological meaning of elder's role.Methods 219 old people(age:60~90 years,M=67 years)were interviewed by Psychological graduate with semi-construction paradigm.The questions include what role they are,which one they think a lot of,which one they are satisfied with.Results The top 3 of their roles are father/mother,husband/wife,grandfather/grandmother;The top 3 of their thinking much roles are son/daughter,grandfather/grandmother,grandfather/grandmother in law;The top 3 of their satisfied roles are grandfather/grandmother in law,grandfather/grandmother and adviser.65.09% of the elder think much of their roles,64.09% of which are satisfied with their roles.Conclusion The traditional thoughts of respecting for the elder and caring for the young greatly affect old people;The old are satisfied with the roles they can contribute to the society and family.