Senior Single Female

In recent years,"3S Lady" has become a common name for those who were born in 1970's,and are still single and stuck.As explained in the new vocabulary list published by the Ministry of Education in August of 2007,"3S Lady" refers to those white-collar ladies with economic independence,high education and tall figure.With the rapid development of China,people's living standard and spiritual life has been up to a new level,and female status has risen quickly.But the press declares that we have already stepped into a "3S Lady Age".As we all know,the phenomenon of "3S Lady" has not only aroused the focus of the press,but been an issue of intense interest to socialists and psychologists.This phenomenon brings many disadvantages,such as higher social cost on living and worse psychological state of those individuals and their families.And it has become an unfavorable factor to social stability and harmony.Spouse-selection is the most important task for those 3S Ladies.Taking 3S Ladies as our research object,reviewing the theories about spouse selection and psychological state in both western and Chinese societies,combining quantitative and qualitative measures,and collecting the materials by the methods of questionnaire, interview and case-study,the research probes and describes the psychological state of those 3S Ladies,and then discusses the influential factors of the psychological state and gives some advice on it.The main results and conclusions of the research are:1)LSIA of 3S Ladies is the lowest among all the groups.2)3S Ladies' feeling of emotional loneliness is significantly stronger than married females;but their feeling of social isolation is significantly weaker than "3S gentlemen".3)During the process of spouse selection, the mood of 3S Ladies is changing from anxiousness to calmness;the motive is mostly the physiological decaying;their observation and evaluation of the status is objective;their behavior is active.4)3S Ladies would prefer to meet Mr.Right by chance or by the introduction of their friends and relatives,and they all think the most important thing is to satisfy their emotional needs.5)3S Ladies' psychological state is influenced by many factors,such as society,family,personality,age and emotional experience,among which the most important one is personality.