Research On The Self-forgiveness Of The Elderly

With the deepening of aging, the health and well-being of the elderly are gettingmore and more attention from the public. Self forgiveness is one of the factors affectingthe individual’s physical and mental health. Self forgiveness research is helpful forimproving mental health of the elderly, so that the elderly can actively respond tothemselves and their own life.Objects:1. To develop self-forgiveness tendency questionnaire of the elderly, andto provide a tool for further quantitative study of self-forgiveness.2. To find out theoverall status of self-forgiveness tendency of the elderly, and explore theself-forgiveness tendency differences in gender, age, residence, marital status andeducation.3. To explore the differences between high and low level of self forgivenesstendency in the elderly, providing theoretical and practical basis for improving theability of self-forgiveness.Methods:1. On the basis of reviewing literature of self-forgiveness at home andabroad, the study selected the elderly as subjects. Through the results of open-endedquestionnaire, predictive questionnaire of self-forgiveness tendency of the elderly wasformed. After exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, theformation of elder self forgiveness tendency questionnaire was conformed.304oldpeople were selected as subjects to test internal consistency reliability, split-halfreliability and validity of the formal questionnaire.2. ANOVA and independent sample ttest were adopted to exam subjects’ self-forgiveness tendency status and the differencesin gender, residence, education, age and marital status.3. One-on-one interviews wereused to find out the differences between30high or low level of self-forgivenesstendency.Results:1. The self-forgiveness tendency questionnaire of the elderly consists of14items, including three dimensions （the tendency of cognition, emotion and behavior）. Five point scale scoring method was used. The questionnaire has goodreliability and validity, consistency coefficient was0.940, the split half reliability was0.939, factor analysis results explain the total64.248%of the variation.2. On the whole,the self-forgiveness tendency of the elderly was at a higher level. Analyzeddemographic variable of the subjects, the results showed that the self forgivenesstendency level differences existed in gender, residence, age, marital status andeducational level among the elderly and the differences were significant among eachdimensions.3. The differences between high and low self forgiveness tendency ofelderly people were existed in the cognitive （attribution style and coping style）,emotion （the amount of negative emotion）,（whether to assume responsibility） andrelationships （the amount of social support）.Conclusion:1.The self-forgiveness tendency questionnaire of the elderly includesthree dimensions: tendency of cognition, emotion and behavior. The questionnaire hasgood reliability and validity, and can be used as a measurement tool of self-forgivenessstudy2. The overall self-forgiveness tendency of the elderly was at a higher level.3.The self-forgiveness tendency of the elderly has significant differences in gender,residence, age, education and marital status.4. The differences between high and lowlevel of self forgiveness tendency of the elderly existed in cognition, emotion, behaviorand the interpersonal relationship.