Hedberg Pia, Brulin Christine, Aléx Lena
Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
J Women Aging. 2009;21(2):125-37. doi: 10.1080/08952840902837145.
The aim of the study was to illuminate how very old women describe their experiences of purpose in life (PIL) in narratives about becoming and being very old. The participants comprised 30 women selected from 120 women who had answered the PIL test and had been interviewed about their experiences of being very old. The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis, which revealed four themes: having a positive view of life, living in relation to God, having meaningful activities, and simply existing. Our findings show that very old women experience purpose in life both in their daily activities and in their contact with a spiritual world. It seems to be facilitated by a positive view of life. Although the results were dominated by a positive view of life, some of the participants saw their lives in terms of simply existing, and did not experience purpose in life.
该研究的目的是阐明高龄女性如何在关于变老及成为高龄者的叙述中描述她们的生活目的体验。参与者包括从120名回答了生活目的测试并接受过关于高龄体验访谈的女性中挑选出的30名女性。采用定性内容分析法对访谈进行分析，结果揭示了四个主题：对生活持积极看法、与上帝相关的生活、拥有有意义的活动以及仅仅是生存。我们的研究结果表明，高龄女性在日常活动以及与精神世界的接触中都体验到了生活目的。这似乎得益于对生活的积极看法。尽管结果以对生活的积极看法为主，但一些参与者认为自己的生活仅仅是生存，并未体验到生活目的。
