Seniors meal participation motivation and related factors research – Study on Haiguang village , Fengshan District in Kaohsiung City / 高齡者參與愛心共餐動機及其相關因素之探討 -以高雄市鳳山區海光里為例

碩士 / 國立高雄師範大學 / 成人教育研究所 / 105 / Abstract
The literature shows that the meal together program is a positive activity that can contribute to successful aging, and has a positive effect on solving the health problems of seniors. The purpose of this study is to understand seniors’ motivations for participation the meal together programs, and explores more influences on motivations. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used in this study. First, the semi-structured interview of qualitative study is conducted. According to the proportion of men and women, the subjects are 12 seniors, including 5 males and 7 females living in the Haiguang Village, Kaohsiung. After interviews, the transcript data is gathered and coded. Triangulation is used for the content validity and reliability. Second, based on the pre-test qualitative research, questionnaire survey of the quantitative method is designed to investigate 417 seniors’ motivations for meal together participation. Independent-sample T test and one-way ANOVA are used to explore the differences among background variables in participation motivations. The results of this study can be conducted as: First, the distance of the meal location significantly affects the willingness to participate. Second, the limitation of meal together programs do related to the motivation of seniors participants who would have a need to dine with his family. Third, the meal leftovers in family affect meal together participations. The findings might be a references to government and public service institutions for planning or improving the participation of meal together program.

Keywords: seniors, meal together, participation motivation

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/105NKNU0142015
Date January 2017
CreatorsLIAW, GUO-JYH, 廖國誌
ContributorsLee, Pai-Lin, 李百麟
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format127

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