{"id":3356,"date":"2015-06-02T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T04:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T04:37:31","slug":"an-exploratory-study-on-role-adjustment-and-intergenerational-relationships-among-the-elderly-in-the-changing-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=3356","title":{"rendered":"An exploratory study on role adjustment and intergenerational relationships among the elderly in the changing Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luo Lu<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Psychology\u00a0Fu-Jen Catholic University
\nHsin-Hung Chen<\/strong>
\nKaohsiung Medical University<\/p>\n

The main purpose of this study was to explore the family role adjustment and intergenerational relationships of the elderly in modern Taiwan. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 community elderly aged between 63-85. Analysis revealed that finance and health were the two focal concerns for the old age. The positive attitudes towards family roles were owing to their rich life experiences, traditional values of authority, and assumed ability to help the young\uff1b the negative attitudes were owing to their increased disability caused by aging, reduced contributions towards the family, and increased dependence. Role adjustment efforts could be categorized into active\/positive and passive\/negative ones. The former included opening to and accepting changes, cognitive restructuring, and diverting attention\uff1b the latter included accepting with grievance, or giving up. Regarding intergenerational relationships, the elderly maintained their expectations of traditional filial piety from the offspring. However, on the issue of children\u2019s paying back, and that of living arrangement, the elderly held somewhat liberal thoughts deemed to be more adaptive in a modern society. Nonetheless, health was a major influencing factor.<\/p>\n

Keywords: intergenerational relationships, old age adjustment, family roles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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