Psychological factors in marital relationships before and after retirement
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16530412
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Seitoku University Junior College |
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Principal Investigator |
OSADA Yukiko Seitoku University Junior College, Department of Care and Welfare, Professor (70172781)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OSADA Hisao J. F. Oberlin University, Department of Gerontology, Professor (60150877)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
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| Keywords | marital relationship / retirement / marital satisfaction / stress / middle age / divorce in middle-age / role taking / family / 中年離婚 |
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| Research Abstract |
The questionnaire survey was conducted with 268 older adults of which 142 were male, 124 were female, 2 were unidentified. The average age of males was 64.0 (±6.6) and of females was 60.8 (±6.4), and about 60% of the males had experienced age-based retirement. In addition, 104 couples were confirmed in the sample. The primary results were as follows: 1. Significant differences were not found in the state of adaptation due to retirement. 2. We examined adaptation due to conditions of employment of the husband or wife. As a result, a tendency toward high degrees of depression were observed among wives in the group in which both were unemployed or both were employed. The degree of depression among husbands was especially high in cases in which the wife alone was employed. 3. In regard to the degree of contribution of roles in the household, both husbands and wives assessed that wives carried most of the burden, though disparities were observed in the frequency of contribution. Both the husband and wife tended to assess the degree of contribution of the spouse to be lower than that assessment by the spouses themselves. 4. When the discrepancy on the assessment for the contribution to roles in the household were large, wives' loneliness were high, and they tend to think that their married life persists due to convenience, inertia or appearances rather than intimacy. 5. In the free descriptive responses, the life curves, interview surveys, etc., there was an indication of a detached optimistic attitude by the husband toward the feelings of distress or resignation of the wife. It is important for the marital relationship, even after the children are grown, for the husband and wife to become conscious of these disparities in awareness.
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Report
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Research Products
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[Presentation] 中高年夫婦の関係性に関する研究2007
Author(s)
長田 由紀子, 長田 久雄
Organizer
日本質的心理学会第4回大会
Place of Presentation
奈良
Year and Date
2007-09-30
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 中高年夫婦の関係性に関する研究2006
Author(s)
長田 由紀子, 長田 久雄
Organizer
日本心理学会第70回大会
Place of Presentation
福岡
Year and Date
2006-11-03
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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