| Stress was a most common psychological phenomenon in our daily life. It was an important area of psychology research.Older people was an important part of social groups. It was very meaningful that study and understand the stress source for the elderly. With the Chinese slowly towards the aging society, the elderly in China has become a group can not be ignored, the stress source of urban elderly. So understanding the mental health of the elderly, learning to help older people cope with stress, maintaining the elderly mental health status and to ensure that the elderly spend a comfortable old age has a very important significance. So the research to understand the source of the stress of the urban elderly, also plays a very important role in the maintenance of social stability and harmony.The study used qualitative research methods. We have not any default position before the research. Then we need to define the purpose of our research. And then the researcher selected the appropriate elderly to interview. Finally the researcher compared and analyzed the interview, and eventually come to the conclusion of this study. The study included the following elements:The first part of the literature summary. This part of the paper was based on the past research about the elderly, according to the theoretical and practical aspects of past psychological stress and the elderly psychological stress situation. The researcher elaborated the paper about psychological stress and the source of stress in the past. According to the theory, the researcher defined and understood the stress. And told what was stress. On the practical side, the researcher consolidated the research results and information about the psychological stress in the elderly, and understanding the status quo for the elderly psychological stress studies so far.The second part was question raised. This part was described in detail, including the purpose of the study, the sources of the study and the significance of this research. It listed the problem to be solved in this study and made a new perspective combined with previous research. The third part was the purpose and significance of study.The third part of the study was study methods. This part of the research elaborated the study methods. This study used qualitative research methods, in this part, the researcher described the data collection and the ethical Issues and Limitations of the Study, as well as the research object.The fourth part of the research results. The content of this part is to show the results of the study, after investigation, the following results were obtained:1. The stress source of China’s urban elderly is very diverse, mainly from the contradiction when dealing with relatives, seven of the illness or death of loved ones, physiological and disease conditions, not suited to the new environment, loneliness, economic conditions and social environment and policy.2. The stress source of urban elderly in China has its own characteristics and paradigms.The fifth part was research discussion. The content of this part analyzed and discussed the results of this research. According to the results of this research, to understand the reason of the stress source and supply the results of this research. Research and discussion in the following areas:1. The characteristics and causes of the stress source2. Chinese Urban Elderly stress has its own characteristics3. Chinese city’s elderly lack the proper way to cope with stressThe sixth part was the research conclusions. This section is primarily Summary and Conclusion of the above sum. |