Influencing Factors And Intervention On The Sense Of Life Meaning Of The Elderly In Community

There are a large number of elderly people in Chinese communities,and they are easy to be affected by the environment.In the aged stage,they are easy to fall into negative life experience such as boredom,emptiness and meaninglessness due to physical function decline,family structure reduction,social role withdrawal and other reasons,which cause loneliness,anxiety,depression and other negative emotions,which is detrimental to the mental health and successful ageing of the group.Sense of life significance is one of the vital criteria for measuring personal mental health and successful aging,and to evaluate individual sense of life meaning and analyze the main influencing factors,based on which to develop targeted psychological intervention services is an significant measure to develop the life conditions of the elderly in the community,contribute to their mental health and successful aging.Therefore,this study focuses on the exploration of the current situation and influencing factors of the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community,and on this basis,the psychological intervention program of the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community is designed and implemented,in order to help the elderly in the community to improve the level of the sense of life meaning,and also provide a reference for the subsequent relevant research.The main objective of this study is to explore the influencing factors of the sense of meaning in life among the elderly in the community,and to design and implement effective psychological interventions for the sense of meaning in life according to the influencing factors.This study consists of two parts,the first is to use random sampling method,a total of 4 communities in Mianyang City and Nanchong City,Sichuan Province were selected for testing,a total of 646 questionnaires were collected,587 valid questionnaires were obtained,and the questionnaire effective rate was 90.8%.The "Meaning of Life Questionnaire","Comprehension Social Support Scale","Self-esteem Scale" and "Positive Emotions and Negative Emotions Scale" were used to explore the level and main influencing factors of the sense of meaning of life among the elderly in the community.Study 2 is based on the findings of Study 1and takes into account the following realities: first,the intervention time is during the epidemic,and the movement of intervention participants is restricted;Secondly,due to their low education level and environmental limitations,it is difficult for the elderly in the community to accept new things;In addition,the elderly groups in the community have distinct personality differences,which is difficult to ensure the effectiveness of group intervention programs.Finally,due to the health status of the elderly in the community,it is difficult to carry out interactive and sequential group intervention activities.Based on the above reasons,a community elderly person was selected as the intervention object,and the intervention plan was used as a research tool to implement the case intervention.The conclusions of this study are as follows:(1)The sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community is moderately low,lower than the norm,and needs to be improved.(2)The sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community has significant differences in age,education level,place of residence,living condition,marital status,previous occupation,participation in community activities,monthly income and health status,but no significant difference in gender.(3)There was a significant positive correlation between the total score of sense of life meaning and the perceived social support,the total score of self-esteem and other factors,and the positive emotion dimension of positive emotion and negative emotion dimension of positive emotion and negative emotion.The linear stepwise regression results showed that perceived social support,self-esteem and positive emotions were significant positive predictors of the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community.Negative emotions are extremely significant negative predictors.(4)The case intervention program can effectively develop the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community by effectively improving their understanding of social support,enhancing self-esteem,enhancing positive emotional experience and regulating negative emotions.Finally,based on the present situation and influencing factors of the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community,and combined with the experience summary of intervention effects,the paper puts forward some practical strategies for improving the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community.(1)Gather the power of multiple subjects and improve the sense of life meaning of the elderly in the community.(2)Optimize the lifestyle of the elderly according to the differentiated characteristics of the elderly in the community.(3)Strengthen targeted psychological intervention to improve the level of life meaning.