A Study On The Self-worth In Old Adults And Its Relationship With Physical Self

With China’s formal entry into the national population aging, old adult group has increasingly become a non-negligible part.The topic abouf"old adults are valuable wealth or worthless burden" is arguing.so it’s especially important that older adults how to treat self-worth, status of self-worth and influence factor of self-worth in old adults.In view of this,in this study, in basic of theory about self-worth and physical self,applying the literature method, interview method and questionnaire method, by means of questions, literature review, in-depth interview, expert demonstration program,work out<Old adults self-worth questionnaire>,and the combination of Chen Hong and Feng Wenfeng for<Chinese old adults physical self questionnaire>,a questionnaire survey was conducted among1089old adults in Chongqing, Mianyang, draws the following conclusion:(1)The questionnaire<Old adults self-worth questionnaire>,includes25items in5dimensions, respectively is the interpersonal worth, influence power worth, physiological worth, moral worth psychological worth. The internal consistency reliability, investigation questionnaire split-half reliability, content validity, structure validity index, showed that the questionnaire has good reliability, validity. Measuring tools as the elderly self-worth is applicable.(2)The influence of gender on the old adults self-worth and each dimension show that, male about influence power worth, physiological worth dimensions were significantly higher than women.(3)The influence of age on the old adults self-worth and each dimension show that, in addition to moral worth, the60-64age group was tested in the interpersonal worth, influence power worth, physiological worth and psychological worth dimensions were significantly higher than those of other age groups were tested.(4)The influence of education on old adults self-worth and each dimension show that, in addition to the physiological worth dimensions, different degree subjects there was a significant difference between the scores.(5)The influence of marital status on old adults self-worth and each dimension show that, married subjects in influence power worth score higher than other marital status of participants, divorced subjects are score significantly higher than that of unmarried and widowed subjects in interpersonal worth dimensions,test scores of widowed subjects were significantly higher than other marital status of participants in psychological worth.(6)The influence of economic income for the old adults of self-worth and each dimension show that, in physiological worth, influence power worth dimension, high income subjects scored higher than the low income subjects(7)The influence of type of work for the old adults of self-worth and each dimension show that, individual managers and civil servants(Institutions) were tested in the total score, interpersonal worth, physiological worth, moral worth and psychological worth dimensions were significantly higher than those of other subjects; enterprise workers, civil servants (Institutions) subjects influence power worth dimension scores were significantly lower than those of individual operators.(8)The influence of health status on old adults self-worth and each dimension show that, in interpersonal worth and physiological worth dimensions, body good test scores were significantly higher than that of other subjects.(9)Physical self and the dimensions of self-worth dimensions are significantly related,in which the total score about physical self and self-worth score has the highest correlation coefficient. Through linear regression analysis, the results showed that the physical self can be used to predict self-worth and its five dimensions, which are the best predictive power on physiological worth, followed by the influence power worth, self-worth, psychological worth, interpersonal worth, and moral worth.