A Study On The Emotional Loneliness And Happiness Of Retired Old People

In our country,with the development of urbanization and the arrival of aging society,an increasing number of people from all over the world has been paid great attention to this particular community of retired-elderly people.Retreat from previous jobs and the familiar circle of life out into a new circle of life,for retired-elderly people,this is a enormous challenge for their mental attitude in our everyday life.Lots of factors have some relationship to SWB and loneliness which were the psychological experience of the individual.The object of this research was to examing the relationship among psychosocial factors,SWB and Loneliness from social psychology point of view.The author construct theoretical foundation for loneliness and happiness by summarizing and inducing the private achievements.We chose 183 valid samples for retired-elderly people as the subjects.Method with the interview method and questionnaire survey method,to investigate the problem.This paper takes the self-editing social contract check list,PGC list, ESLI list as its main tool to carry on the research.This study based on community,associated with frequency as the breakthrough point.Based on the research of the relationship between the three factors,focusing on the analysis as age,income and other factors change,deal with different aspects of the subject.Finally,summarize the research results and point out the shortcoming of this study,and make recommendations and prospects for the future research and practices.The conclusion as follows:1, The retired old man contact frequency have significant differences in general demographic factors. Women and children communication frequency is higher than male; retired-elderly people associate with relatives, friends and neighbors frequency is lower than the younger group for the elderly; No spouse of retired old man and the child communication frequency is higher than the old man who has a spouse.2, About loneliness and happiness of problems, according to economic conditions, living conditions, age distribution, and the different educational levels, questionnaire scores are also different.3, If the old man’s communication frequency is higher, the happiness is also higher.4,The loneliness of the elderly is affected by frequency communication, the higher the contact frequency, the lower the loneliness.5, Exchanges between the frequency of loneliness and subjective well-being have prediction effect.This study selecting retired-elderly people as the research object, the challenge for research has increased, but enrich the research results of this group, offer theory and data support for lifelong developmental psychology.In the meantime,this provides the foundation for understanding the old man will,, boosting their physical and psychological health, improving their quality of life.