Perception of Successful Aging in Nursing Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to apply Q methodologies to identify and understand the type of successful aging perception in nursing students. The study organized the Q population through in-depth interviews to select 21 Q samples that could represent the Q population by coordination with two professors and researchers familiar with the Q methodology, and 49 nursing students were selected as P-samples. The data collection was about three months from September 10, 2020 to September 17, 2020 and was analyzed using the PQ Method Program. According to this study, nursing students perception of successful aging was divided into four types: Type 1 "capitalism type," Type 2 "Self-esteem type," Type 3 "Adaptive type," Type 4 "Stable type". As a result of this study, the four types of nursing students recognized health, leisure, economic power, and self-esteem. This study, understanding of each type of subjective aspect should be enhanced, and a wide range of insights should be provided so that nursing students can establish a value system of humanity and nursing professions in the undergraduate program in the future. In addition, it is expected that it will be used as a basic material for nursing education that can grow into a nurse who can meet the national expectations as a health care manager for the elderly through education that can develop the ability to cope with various problems faced in the nursing field.