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A Q-methodological Study of Students' Attitudes toward Remarriage by the Elderly

노인재혼에 대한 대학생의 주관성 탐구: Q방법론적 접근

  • 이영숙 (군산대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 박경란 (인제대학교 생활상담복지학부 인간환경복지연구소)
  • Received : 2012.06.05
  • Accepted : 2012.08.13
  • Published : 2012.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to classify the characteristic and conduct a typological analysis of college students' attitudes toward remarriage by the elderly, employing Q-methodology. The results are as follows: College students strongly supported the opinion that remarriage relieves the elderly of loneliness, and that familial support is crucial for the remarriage to happen. They also rejected of the idea that the elderly would feel ashamed to remarry. Students' attitudes towards the elderly's remarriage fell into three classifications: the progressively accepting type, the realistically accepting type, and the conservatively accepting type. Type 1, "progressively accepting type" enthusiastically accepts and supports the elderly's remarriage as a progressive and emotive relationship. The "realistically accepting type" holds the opinion that remarriage in later life is based on overcoming loneliness or satisfying attachment need rather than love. This typology believes that the elderly would not be equal as spouses, and would not be overly distressed by public perception. The type 3, "conservatively accepting type" believes that remarriage would be likely to strain the elderly's relationship with other family members, that it will not be the beginning of a new independent life, but are generally accepting of the idea of remarriage in later life.

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