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KMID : 0379220130330030661
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2013 Volume.33 No. 3 p.661 ~ p.679
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Psychological Characteristics of the Sexagenary Koreans: Emotions, Thinking Style, and Values
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Han Min
Lee Hoon-Jin
Choi In-Cheol
Kim Bum-Joon
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Abstract
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The purpose of present study was to reveal the influence of age on the basic psychological realms:emotions, thinking style, and values. The questionnaire was consisted of 12 scales(4 for emotions, 4for thinking style, 4 for values) and 2,000 people from four different age groups(30`s, 40`s, 50`s, and 60`s) were participated in the survey. The results were as follows. In Emotion, the 60`s reported higher life satisfaction and SWB, while lower level of negative emotions was shown. In Thinking style, not only holism level of the 60`s was lower than the other age groups, but also the age-based differences of other thinking tendencies such as regulatory focus, social comparison, and maximization showed same patterns with holism. Lastly, the traits of the 60`s in values can be summarized as conservatism. The 60`s scored higher in Authoritarianism, the attitudes towards gender differences, the belief how just the world is where they are living than other age groups. With these results we expect to have better understanding for the Korean elderly as well as to provide valuable suggestions for the further studies with the variables used in this study.
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KEYWORD
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sexagenary Koreans, emotions, thinking style, values, age-based differences
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