The Development of States of Active Aging Through the Assimilative Integrative Group Counseling Based on Existential Theory

Abstract

The objective of this research were 1) To developed the active aging test of the elderly. 2) To studied the results of states of active aging through the assimilative integrative group counseling based on existential theory. The methodology have 2 phases. Phase 1 was developed the active aging Test. Research tool was the active aging questionnaire which had a reliability of .96. The participants of this study were elder people with 60 years or older who were the members of Sassadeebumnan elderly club of 400 members. Phase 2 studied the results of states of active aging through the assimilative integrative group counseling based on existential theory. The participants were elder people with 60 years or older who were the members of Chareannakorn 66 elderly club. They were selected by active aging questionnaire. The participants of this study gained the low score for this study. Then using random assignment to assign into 2 groups of 12 for experimental and control group. The statistics used for data analysis were Two way repeated measures anova and Newman-Keuls. The results in phase 1 showed that the factors of the active aging consisted of health , participation and security. The model for measuring active aging in health was consistent with the empirical data (= 57.25, df = 53, p = .32053, CFI = 1.00, GFI = .99, RMSEA = .014 ). The model for measuring active aging in participation was consistent with the empirical data (= 5.91, df = 5, p = .31539, CFI = 1.00, GFI = 1.00, RMSEA = .021). The model for measuring active aging in security was consistent with the empirical data (= 9.12 , df = 7, p = .24444, CFI = 1.00, GFI = .99 , RMSEA = .028 ). Phase 2 studied the results of states of active aging through the assimilative integrative group counseling based on existential theory. The results showed that 1) There was a significant interaction between the techniques and the durations of the experiment at the .05 level. 2) The experimental group received active aging score between the post-trial and the follow-up higher than the control group at the significant level of .05. 3) The experimental group received active aging score between the post-trial and the follow-up higher than the pre-trial.