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Widowed elderly's dating experience and related variables: focusing on gender difference

홀로된 노인의 이성교제경험과 관련변인 - 성별 차이를 중심으로

  • Yi, Yeong Sug (Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Kunsan Nat'l University)
  • Received : 2013.06.05
  • Accepted : 2013.08.20
  • Published : 2013.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in elderly's dating experience and related variables. 427 elderly of age 65 or older participated. The results are as follows. 1. 80% of widowed elderly had no dating experience, and far more elderly men than women had dating experience. 2. Attitudes towards dating, of both elderly themselves and their children, had influence on the elderly's dating experience, regardless of gender. This indicates that the elderly's own acceptance and their children's positive attitude are important to the elderly's dating experience. 3. Gender differences were found in influences of living arrangement (whether they lived with their children or not), economical reasons, and personality factors. These variables proved significant only for the elderly men. More elderly men who did not live with their children than the elderly men who did had experienced dating, and economical reasons along with personality factors proved to be obstructive for elderly men's dating life.

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