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Life Skills of the Elderly and SuossfulAging

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09410045
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionKobe university

Principal Investigator

ODA Toshikatsu  Kobe university, Research Center for Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Development, Professor, 発達科学部・附属人間科学研究センター, 教授 (90124536)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ASADA Tadashi  Kobe university, Research Center for Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Development, associate professor, 発達科学部・附属人間科学研究センター, 助教授 (00184143)
NOGAMI Tomoyuki  Kobe University, President, 神戸大学長 (80127688)
KOISHI Hirofumi  Kobe university, Faculty of Human Development, Dean (Professor), 発達科学部, 発達科学部長 (70030591)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
Keywordsthe Elderly / Life Skills / Competence / successful aging / Kobe / Life View in Old Age / Structural Equation modeling / 共分散構造分析 / ライフスキル / 高齢化社会 / 神戸市 / 日常生活活動能力 / サクセスフルエイジング / 老後生活満足 / リビング・スキル / 社会的適応 / 日常生活能力 / 高齢化 / サード・エイジ / Pre-Retirement Association
Research Abstract

Successful Aging' has been the most interesting research theme for many researchers in social gerontology and aging studies. However, very few, researchers have tried to investigate successful aging from the view point of life Skills' of the elderly, hi this research project, we developed scales to measure successful aging and Life Skills of the elderly based on extensive mail survey. The number of respondents is 2,732 from 5,000 randomly sampled in Kobe with 237,000 senior citizens aged 65 and over. Questionnaire contained about 700 questions. Factor analysis and structural equation modeling were applied to develop e scales. Scales for measuring successful aging are Positive Life 'View in Old Age' and "Negative Life View in Old Age", Positive Affect" and "Negative Affect', 'Subjective Aging in Daily Activities' and 'Subjective Psyco-Socdlal Aging'.
Fifty five uni-dimensional scales for measuring Life Skills are developed, among which twenty nine uni-dimensional scales were proposed fro … More m the view point of structural stability and scale reliability. Then, the effects of Life Skills on successful aging were analyzed. As a result, the following findings were gotten. Life Skills such as 'Caring oneself', 'Goal Setting', 'Stress Coping", Bright and Cheerful" promote Positive Life View in Old Age" more strongly than socio-demographic attributes such as age and living standard. 'Faithful to oneself', Mnaging Anger and Conflict', 'Aloofness', 'Active Intimacy' promote "Negative Life View in Old Age'. 'Aspiration', 'Skill with the hand', 'Show one's Individuality', promote Positive Affect'. Dressing up', 'Narcissism', 'Affinitypromote Negative Affect". 'Subjective Aging" is promoted by Isolation", 'Show one's Individuality, Aloofness", Dependency", 'Narcissism', 'Affinity, "Naughty". The abpve mentioned findings seem to be newly information requesting reconsideration existing understandings on successful aging and various programs for the elderly.
T. Oda, Social View of Elderly Japanese as a Second Majority Group, Human sciences Research, 9-1, 2001, 1-31
T. Oda, TV Watching Behavior and Program Preference of Elderly Japanese, Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, 8-2, 2001, 255-269
T. Oda, Living Bahavior of Elderly Japanese in Urban Area, Kobe, Human Sciences Research, 8, 2000, 1-28
T. Oda, Independent living in Old Age and Everyday Competence, Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, 7- 1, 1999, 201-222 Less

Report

(5 results)
  • 2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All Other

All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "退職に関する新たな視点とサード・エイジの生活課題"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 5・2. 117-133 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "高齢期における自立生活と日常生活活動能力をめぐって"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 7・1. 201-222 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "年高齢者の生活行動-神戸の高齢者を対象として-"人間科学研究. 8号. 1-28 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "高齢者のテレビ視聴行動と番組選考"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 8. 255-269 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "セカンド・マジョリティ・グループとしての高齢者の社会観"人間科学研究. 9・1. 1-39 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "都市高齢者の生活行動-神戸市の高齢者を対象として-"人間科学研究. 8-1. 1-28 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "高齢者の老年規範意識の構造"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 8-1. 225-269 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "高齢者のテレビ視聴時間と番組選好"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 8-1(印刷中). (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中嶌康之: "サクセスフル・エイジングのもう一つの観点"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 8-1(印刷中). (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "高齢期における自立生活と日常生活活動能力をめぐって"神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 7-1. 201-221 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田 利勝: "高齢化社会とシルバー産業-公的介護保険とシルバーサービス産業の展開-" 神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 6-1. 235-254 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田 利勝: "公的年金制度の改正と自助努力による老後生活資金の確保をめぐって" 人間科学研究. 6-1. 1-14 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小田利勝: "退職に関する新たな視点とサード・エイジの生活課題" 神戸大学発達科学部研究紀要. 5・2(印刷中). (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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