The Pilot Study Of Self-acceptance Of Elder People

Self-acceptance is not unfamiliar for us with the development of psychology rapidly in recent years. There is no any other conditions to love yourself and accept yourself. On one personal front,self-acceptance is such a progress as an important foundation for achieving the perfect state. The elderly is being in the special part in one’s life time. So the level of self-acceptance has influence on them whether keep their body and mental in health, emotional stability, have a good attitude of life. It is an effective way to prevent having the mental crisis.This study adopts the following procedures. Firstly, based on the study analysis and opened-ended questionnaire investigation. It compiles self-acceptance predictive questionnaire of elder people. It complies self-acceptance questionnaire of elder people by exploratory factor analysis and factor analysis. The reliability and validity of questionnaire is confirmed. Secondly, in order to know about the characteristics and the influence of self-acceptance of elder people, it uses self-designed questionnaire to survey elder people. Thirdly, it discusses the relationship between Trait Coping Style with self-acceptance. It helps to improve the study on influencing mechanism of self-acceptance. Finally, it uses group psychology training of self-acceptance of elder people to enhance self-acceptance of elder people. The conclusion of this study is as follow:(1)Self-acceptance questionnaire of elder people have three factors, which includes cognitive acceptance, emotional acceptance, behavioral acceptance. The questionnaire has some good reliability and validity, and has good degree of model fit.(2)Self-acceptance of elder people is at a higher level. There are different affections to self-acceptance on age, economical, levels, job backgrounds, degree of education, marital status,living with children. Degree of education, job backgrounds and living with children are the most significant affections to self-acceptance.(3)There is no significant difference about taking optimistic coping style or pessimist coping styles among elder people. There is positive correlation between optimistic coping style and self-acceptance, and there is negative correlation between pessimist coping style and self-acceptance. The total of self-acceptance score of elder people has a significant positive predictor of optimistic coping style and negative predictor of pessimist coping style.(4)Group psychology training of self-acceptance of elder people is effective way to improve self-acceptance of elder people and do psychological intervention to elder people; as well as it has instant and some lasting effect.