Erikson理論に基づく老年期の心理社会的発達尺度(OEPSI)の作成

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E.H. Erikson remarked that the psychosocial developmental tasks in old age were inte- grated with those occurring through one's whole life, referring to coping and adaptation processes in which the elderly are suffering and recovering from developmental crises. To explore this concept, I further developed Erikson's Psychosocial Development Inventory for old age (OEPSI). As the first step, I designed OEPSI of 70 questions, based on the 8 factors of psychosocial developmental concept. Factor analyses were employed on the data of senior college students and the original 70-item scale was changed to 12-items related to 4 factors; "intimacy", "life satisfaction", "self acceptance", "purpose in life". Three of them are related to individual background, and "life satisfaction" and "purpose in life" are related the Self-esteem inventory and SDS. The results confirmed the validity of OEPSI and implied an endorsement of Erikson's psychosocial developmental concept. On the other hand, the results suggest that OEPSI should be redesigned to better reflect the context of the life style of old age. I plan to refine the questionnaires further, considering the interrelationship among people, physically and in society, as well as utilizing it as a convenient tool for exploring the aspect of psychosocial development of Erikson's life stage in old age.
同志社女子大学の論文
2004-03-31