| Summary: | 博士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 諮商心理與復健諮商研究所 === 101 === The purposes of this study are to develop “Body, Mind and Spirit Health Scale for Elders” and explore the result of the survey of the elders’ health issues, which can provide community counseling and guidance institutions for practical application. Besides, with using the scale, we can understand the variables in demography for the body, mind and spirit health of elders in Taiwan.
This study was divided into three phases. First, it was carried out by the semi-standardized interview to the groups, including 6 elders and 5 specialists. Qualitative analysis was used to discover categories and dimensions by Erickson’s viewpoints inquiry. The pretest scale was adjusted by 10 specialists. Second, it was used to develop the editions of the scale which was called as “Body, Mind and Spirit Health Scale for Elders”. By cluster sampling, the samples consisted of 272 elders over 65-years-old in Kaohsiung. Third, the samples were used to test and discuss in demography for the elders. The norms were developed by cluster sampling the southern Taiwan. The information about this research was analyzed in statistics by the SPSS and AMOS.
The results are summarized as follows:
1. “Body, Mind and Spirit Health Scale” is consisted body health, mind health and spirit health, by Erickson’s viewpoints inquiry.
2. The “Body, Mind and Spirit Health Scale for Elders” is composed of a body health Scale, a mind health scale and spirit health scale. The first scale has 16 items into 5 factors: 1) physical accommodation; 2) exercise to preserve their health; 3) practicing qigong to preserve their health; 4) physical sensitivity; 5) physical comprehension. The second scale has 19 items into 8 factors: Integrity, generation, intimacy, identity, industry, initiative, autonomy and trust. The third scale has 15 items into 8 factors: wisdom, care, love, fidelity, competence, purpose, will and hope. There are 50 items in this scale.
3. The reliability coefficients are between .916 and .941. The content of the scale is based on theories and specialists’ validity. The criterion coefficients of validity are all positive significant related, 0.567 in body and 0.661 in mind with Lin’s” successful aging scale” (2006), 0.387 in spirit with Luo’s “elders’ spirit scale”(2009). Both construct validity and discriminate validity of the scale are significant, factor loading >.521, component reliability>.471, average variance extracted, AVE >.471. The scale is a good tool for practical application.
4. According to MANOVA of demography variables in the body mind and spirit health of elders, there are significant differences in different ages, education levels, religions, objective and subjective body health; there are no significant differences in different in gender, race, marital statuses, spouse, children, occupation, inhabit, economic resources.
Based on the result of this study, the suggestions and concrete proposals for further research in accordance with the practical application of the scale are addressed, and the references for the counselors in rest home and community counseling institutions for practical application are also provided.
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