Consciousness of loss and acquisition in the future outlook of middle-aged women : The relationship between the acceptance of being alone and the formation of ties

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Home economics/Human life
• Research Institution: Kamakura Women's University
• Principal Investigator: OISHI Mika 鎌倉女子大学, 家政学部, 准教授 (80298249)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松永 しのぶ 昭和女子大学, 生活機構研究科, 教授 (50300033)
• Research Collaborator: MASUBUCHI Yuko (UMINO Yuko)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 中年期女性 / 「個」の発達 / 「関係性」の発達 / 未来展望 / 獲得感 / 喪失感 / ソーシャルサポート期待 / ひとりの時間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was conducted to empirically investigate the future outlook of middle-aged women around the age of 50 and the factors that affect this future outlook using a questionnaire-based survey. The results showed that adult women had high expectations that their children ,especially daughters, and partner would provide them with social support in old age, but low expectations of receiving support from social services. In terms of future consciousness of loss and acquisition , the women felt that they would gradually lose mental and physical function and ties to society as a result of aging, but had the sense of ongoing internal fulfillment. These future prospects were also found to be closely related to the women’s current living conditions and psychological development.

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