中高齡者前瞻老年準備取向之研究：社經背景的差異

The Orientation of Elderly Proactive Preparation for Middle-aged and Older Adult: Differences in Aocioeconomic Background.

尤貞懿(Chen-Yi Yu)

指導教授 ： 李雅慧

國立中正大學/教育學院/成人及繼續教育系高齡者教育研究所/碩士(2014年)

摘要

本研究旨在探討中高齡者前瞻取向的現況分析、個人背景變項之差異分析以及社經背景之差異分析。本研究採用「中高齡者老年準備評估量表」進行問卷調查，以2013年獲得教育部補助設置「樂齡學習中心」之經營團體成員，並針對45歲至69歲的中高齡者為研究對象，總計發出490份問卷，回收有效問卷共395份，經統計分析結果，獲得以下研究結果。
一、中高齡者偏向發現問題時才會設定目標及做規劃。
二、中高齡者之年齡愈長者其主動因應表現較好。
三、中高齡者之自覺經濟狀況相當充裕者其前瞻取向表現較好。
四、中高齡者之教育程度較高者其反思因應表現較好。
五、中高齡者之職業類別屬於民意代表、行政主管、企業主管、經理人員、教師、醫療專業人員等職業者其反思因應表現較好。
六、中高齡者之退休前收入較高者其反思因應表現較好。
根據上述研究結果，本研究提出幾點建議提供中高齡者、高齡教育教師以及未來研究作為參考。

關鍵字

社經差異 ； 前瞻取向 ； 老年準備 ； 中高齡者

並列摘要

The purpose of this research was to explore the difference between proactive orientation and socio-economic status of middle-aged adults, the present situation of middle-aged adults’ proactive orientation, and to examine how personal background variables relate to proactive orientation of middle-aged adults. We conducted survey research that questionnaire is “Assessment Scale for the Preparation of Middle-Age Group” to examine the present situation of middle-aged adults’ proactive orientation. There were 490 pieces of the formal questionnaires in all. And the effective samples of this research were 395. This research drew on a sample of 395 participants who are 45 to 69 years from the learning centers for active senior citizen. The collected data was processed with SPSS, and the findings are as followings:
1. When the middle-aged adults tend to find problems, they will set goals and planning.
2. The middle-aged adults who are more elderly age, they will better initiative coping.
3. The middle-aged adults whose consciously economic situation was “ample”, their proactive orientation will better.
4. The middle-aged adults with higher education, they will better reflection coping.
5. The occupational categories of middle-aged adults are representatives, executives, corporate executives, managers, teachers, and medical professionals, their reflection coping will better.
6. The middle-aged adults with higher income, their reflection coping will better.
According to these results of this study can provide a reference for middle-aged adults, the institution of older adult educational, the government, and future research.

並列關鍵字

proactive orientation ； elderly preparation ； middle-age and older adults ； socio-economic difference

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