A Study on Value Consciousnesses of the Aged People : Their Outdoor/Nature Oriented Leisure Style

本研究旨在探讨老年人户外/自然休闲方式的价值意识，分析过程及结果如下：分析过程（包括初步调查）;（1）对“户外活动流”概念的分析;（2）对世界、加拿大和日本户外活动的文化比较研究;（3）室外流动经验自由描述的考虑;（4）ESM的修改（5）茨木县波崎町老年人户外/自然休闲方式的社会学调查结果与讨论;老年人的价值意识主要是“生命/健康”和“家庭”。但与青年人相比，他们缺乏积极的生活方式，积极的生活方式的动机受到一些基本的心理条件的干扰（value consciousnes），制度（教育、时间、朋友、教练）和物质/物质（身体素质、设施）因素。与老年人“积极生活方式差”，特别是缺乏体育锻炼相反，老年人休闲方式的未来研究方向应包括更现实/非西方化的参照火焰和对日本传统被动休闲/游戏意义的考察。

The purpose of this study was to clarify the vlue consciousnesses of the outdoor/nature oriented leisure styles of the aged people.Analytical procedures and results are as follows :Analyticai procedures (including preliminary investigations) ;(1) An analysis of the concepts of the "flow of outdoor activities",(2) A cultural comparative investigations of outdoor activities--World, Canada & Japan--,(3) The considerations of the free descriptions on outdoor flow experiences,(4) The modifications of ESM (Experience Sampling Method) items,(5) Sociological surveys of the outdoor/nature oriented leisure styles of the aged in Hasaki-machi, Ibaraki prefecture.Results and Discussions ;The value consciousnesses of the aged were "life/health" and "family". However they did not have any active life styles, comparing with the young.Motivations for active life style were disturbed by several fundamental conditions of mental (value consciousnes), institutional (education, time, friends, instructors) and material/physical (physical fitness, facilities) factors.Instead of the "poorness of active life styles" of the aged, especially the lack of physical exercise, they preferred spending their leisure time peacefully engaging themselves in "gardening"or traveling to "Onsen"/going to "Aqua facilities".Perspectives of future research of the leisure styles of the aged should involve the more realistic/non-westernalized flame of referencess and the investigations of the meanings of Japanese traditional-passive leisure/play.