Lifestyles of the Third-Agers and Adaptive Behavior in old Age from Life-Span Development Perspective

本文首先探讨了第三年龄的概念，并讨论了在人口老龄化和少子化的社会中，第三年龄的生活任务。第二章从社会学、心理学、市场营销学等角度对生活方式的概念进行了探讨，第三章介绍了各种生活方式的测量量表，如AIO、LOV、RVS、VALS等，并讨论了生活方式研究的一些方法，如社会趋势研究法、后结构主义研究法、全球镶嵌研究法等。最后一章对老年人生活方式的研究现状进行了综述，包括健康与体能与生活方式、城市生活与生活方式、生活质量与生活方式、护理与生活方式、消费行为与生活方式等，以期为第三代老年人生活方式的研究提供参考。最后，从生命周期发展的角度讨论了第三代老年人生活方式的研究任务，并讨论了生活方式与适应形式、适应行为与角色行为、生活方式与需求/目的的关系，提出了情景分析的分析框架。

We first of all examined the concept the Third Age and discussed life tasks in the Third Age in an aging and population decreasing society with small number of children. In next chapter, conceptual consideration of lifestyles was discussed from several view points, sociological, psychological, marketing and so on. In chapter three, various scales for measuring lifestyles, e.g. AIO, LOV, RVS, VALS etc., and also some approaches to lifestyles studies, e.g. social trend approach, post-structuralism, global mosaic were discussed. In final chapter, many existing researches in various fields on lifestyles of the elderly, e.g. health and physical ability and lifestyles, urban life and lifestyles, QOL and lifestyles, care and lifestyles, consumption behavior and lifestyles, were reviewed for studying lifestyles of the Third Agers. Finally, research tasks of lifestyles of the Third Agers were discussed from viewpoints of life-span development and also relationship between lifestyles and adaptation forms, adaptation behavior and role behavior, lifestyles and demand/purpose were discussed and then, analytical framework with scenario analysis was proposed.