Triadó Carme, Villar Feliciano, Solé Carme, Celdrán Montserrat, Osuna Maria José
Departament de Psicología Evolutiva i de l'Educació, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2009 May;12(1):236-45. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600001645.
This study is aimed at exploring daily and desired activity patterns in a sample of older people living in a rural context, as well as at examining the effect of some influential factors and their relationships with life satisfaction. Our sample was made of 216 retired people and was recruited from 12 villages from Catalonia and Valencia with populations of less than 1000 inhabitants. Data were gathered by means of an interview that included daily and ideal activities and life satisfaction (by applying the Life Satisfaction Index). Our results show that yesterday's pattern of activities is similar to an ideal pattern, although in the ideal day, our sample allocated more time to social activities and less time to passive activities such as watching TV or resting. In both cases, leisure activities and time spent working seem to play an important role in older people's life. Gender has a remarkable influence on patterns of activity, as women devoted more time to instrumental activities and less time to leisure. In general, differences between yesterday's and ideal activities were not related to life satisfaction.
本研究旨在探索生活在农村地区的老年人样本的日常和期望活动模式，以及考察一些影响因素的作用及其与生活满意度的关系。我们的样本由216名退休人员组成，从加泰罗尼亚和瓦伦西亚的12个居民人数不足1000人的村庄招募而来。通过访谈收集数据，访谈内容包括日常和理想活动以及生活满意度（应用生活满意度指数）。我们的结果表明，昨天的活动模式与理想模式相似，不过在理想的一天中，我们的样本会分配更多时间用于社交活动，而用于诸如看电视或休息等被动活动的时间则更少。在这两种情况下，休闲活动和工作时间似乎在老年人的生活中发挥着重要作用。性别对活动模式有显著影响，因为女性花在工具性活动上的时间更多，而花在休闲上的时间更少。总体而言，昨天的活动与理想活动之间的差异与生活满意度无关。
