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KMID : 0379220080280010019
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2008 Volume.28 No. 1 p.19 ~ p.32
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Anxiety about Aging of a Resident Community of Adult
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Choi Soon-Ock
Kim Sook-Nam
Shin Kyung-Il
Lee Jeong-Hee
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Abstract
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This research investigated the anxiety about aging for the adult and the differences in anxiety about aging by characteristics of adult, especially gender, age, education, occupation state, income, current health, experiences in living with the old. To this purpose, we survey Anxiety about Aging Scale(Lasher ＆Faulkender, 1993) in Korean in 572 adult. The conclusions of this research were as follows: First, the mean of the anxiety about aging for the adult was 3. 58. Second, the mean for fear of loss subscale was 3.95, the mean for fear of old people subscale was 3.75, the mean for physical appearance subscale was 3.33, the mean for psychological concerns subscale was 2.86. Third, there were significant different in anxiety about aging by characteristics of adult, especially gender, age, education, occupation state, income, current health, experiences in living with the old. Based upon above findings, this study give useful information for the anxiety about aging for the adult and intervention program.
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KEYWORD
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anxiety about aging, adult
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