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KMID : 0922320150220010109
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2015 Volume.22 No. 1 p.109 ~ p.116
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Effects of elderly’s sexual perception, sexual attitude, and sexual coping behavior on subjective quality of life
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Cho Young-Mun
Kim Chang-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to understand the elderly’s sexuality by analyzing the relationship between subjective quality of life and perception, attitude, and coping behaviors regarding sexuality in the elderly.
Methods: The participants were 120 indivisuals, aged 65 or over, located in Y city. Data were collected from April to June,
2012 by a questionnaire survey. Data analysis was done by using SPSS WIN 18.0 program including one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.
Results: The predicting variable affecting subjective quality of life was sexuality perception (B=0.45, p<.001), and sexual coping behavior (B=0.25, p=.014) and they have a 25.0%(Adj R2=25.0) explanatory power for the subjective quality of
life in the elderly.
Conclusion: To increase the subjective quality of life for the elderly, it is necessary for the individuals to have a positive perception of their sexuality and the expression of positive sexual coping behavior.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Sexuality, Subjective Quality of Life
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