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Successful Aging Perception in Middle-Aged Korean Men: A Q Methodology Approach

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  • Mi Hyeon Seong

    (Department of Nursing, Chang Shin University, Changwon 51352, Korea)

  • Eunyoung Shin

    (Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea)

  • Sohyune Sok

    (Department of Nursing, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the types of perception of successful aging in middle-aged men and to analyze and describe the characteristics of each type of successful aging perception of middle-aged men in South Korea. This study uses an exploratory study design, applying the Q methodology, which is a subjective research method. The participants were 25 middle-aged men (40 to 60 years old) living in C, Y, and B cities, which were P-samples that were judged to best reveal the successful aging of middle-aged men. In this study, principal component analysis of the PQ method program was used. The five perception types of successful aging among middle-aged men are Type 1 for the “leisure type”, Type 2 for the “mature type”, Type 3 for the “health-oriented type”, Type 4 for the “patriarchal type”, and Type 5 for the “family-centered type”. The mature type had the highest variance among the five types, and the leisure type was the type that showed the second-highest variance. In nursing practice, nurses need to pay attention to the successful aging perceptions of middle-aged Korean men for their successful aging in the future.

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  • Mi Hyeon Seong & Eunyoung Shin & Sohyune Sok, 2021. "Successful Aging Perception in Middle-Aged Korean Men: A Q Methodology Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-14, March.
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    1. Shannon T. Mejía & Lindsay H. Ryan & Richard Gonzalez & Jacqui Smith, 2017. "Successful Aging as the Intersection of Individual Resources, Age, Environment, and Experiences of Well-being in Daily Activities," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 72(2), pages 279-289.
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