The characteristics of gerotranscendence in frail oldest-old individuals who maintain a high level of psychological well-being

• Masui Yukie

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

• Gondo Yasuyuki

  Osaka University Graduate School of Human Science

• Kawaai Chieko

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

• Kureta Yoichi

  Showa University College of Arts and Sciences

• Takayama Midori

  Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology

• Nakagawa Takeshi

  Osaka University Graduate School of Human Science Doctor Course

• Takahashi Ryutaro

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

• Hiromi Imuta

  Tokyo Metropolitan University Faculty of Human Science

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 心理的well-beingが高い虚弱超高齢者における老年的超越の特徴
• 心理的well-beingが高い虚弱超高齢者における老年的超越の特徴--新しく開発した日本版老年的超越質問紙を用いて
• シンリテキ well being ガ タカイ キョジャク チョウコウレイシャ ニ オケル ロウネンテキ チョウエツ ノ トクチョウ アタラシク カイハツ シタ ニホンバン ロウネンテキ チョウエツ シツモンシ オ モチイテ
• A preliminary study using the new gerotranscendence questionnaire for Japanese elderly
• ―― 新しく開発した日本版老年的超越質問紙を用いて ――

Abstract

  The purpose of this study was to develop a new questionnaire to investigate gerotranscendence in Japanese elderly individuals aged 65 yr and over, and to clarify the characteristics of gerotranscendence in physically frail but emotionally adapted oldest-old aged 85 yr and over. We developed the new questionnaire on the basis of interviews with 10 elderly individuals, and employed the questionnaire on 500 community-dwelling elderly (men 198, women 302). Factor analysis of the questionnaire suggested an eight-factor solution that included “Awareness of arigatasa and okage”, which is a concept in Japanese culture that all people and living creatures are inter-dependent, “Introversion”, “Transcendence from dualism”, “Religious/Spiritual attitude”, “Release from the social self”, “Basic and innate affirmation”, “Altruism”, and “Let it go”. Using cluster analysis, we classified the 149 community-dwelling oldest old (men 51, women 98) into three groups: a group with high function and high well-being (HF-HWB), a group with low function and high well-being (LF-HWB), and a group with low function and low well-being (LF-LWB). “Introversion”, “Release from the social self”, and “Let it go” in the LF-HWB group were significantly higher than those in the LF-LWB group, and the score for “Religious/Spiritual attitude” was significantly lower in the former than in the latter. These results suggest that some gerotranscendence factors are important for maintenance of psychological well-being in the frail oldest-old.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Gerontology

  Japanese Journal of Gerontology 32 (1), 33-47, 2010-04-20

  Japan Socio-Gerontological Society

Keywords

• gerotranscendence
• psychological well-being
• frailty
• oldest old(85+)

Details

• CRID: 1390004951539926784
• NII Article ID: 130007928275
• NII Book ID: AN00334819
• DOI: 10.34393/rousha.32.1_33
• ISSN: 24351717
• ISSN: 03882446
• NDL BIB ID: 10678873
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10678873
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2010192058
• Text Lang: ja
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