Watson Wendy K, Stelle Charlie
Gerontology Program, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
J Women Aging. 2011;23(3):263-75. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2011.587732.
Research over the last 20 years has provided an increased understanding of intimate relationships in later life; however, dating in later life remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine the meanings of dating for women in later life. In this study, dating was examined through semistructured, in-depth interviews with 14 women ages 64 to 77 who had all dated in later life. Themes that emerged from an interpretative phenomenological analysis included multiple meanings of dating in later life, how dating in later life compared to earlier points in life, and dating in the future.
过去20年的研究增进了我们对晚年亲密关系的理解；然而，晚年约会在很大程度上仍未得到探索。本研究的目的是探讨晚年女性约会的意义。在本研究中，通过对14名年龄在64岁至77岁之间、都有过晚年约会经历的女性进行半结构化深度访谈来研究约会。诠释现象学分析得出的主题包括晚年约会的多重意义、晚年约会与生命早期阶段的比较以及未来的约会。
