| Summary: | 碩士 === 南開科技大學 === 福祉科技與服務管理所 === 98 === According to the statistics from the Ministry of the interior, more women than men were widowed. The psychological and emotional assistance of old widowed women should be paid more attention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the children’s perception for their older widowed mothers’ living and psychological pressure and the children’s attitudes for their older widowed mothers’ remarriage. And the differences and correlations between the variables are explored. The children of widowed women aged over 65 at Nantou County were used as research subjects. A structured questionnaire and the semi-constructive in-depth interviews were employed in data collection. The software of SPSS 12.0 was used for data analysis. The results showed that the children recognized their mothers felt more pressure after the death of their spouses. They also agreed with the widowed mothers’ remarriage. However, they didn’t agree with and encourage the remarriages of their widowed mothers. But, they had positive attitudes for their mothers to have men companionship and also agreed remarriage was helpful for their mother adapting to their later life. The children’s perception for their widowed mothers’ pressure was significantly different from the children’s age, religion, occupation, education background, the number of brothers and sisters. The children’s attitudes for the widowed mothers’ remarriage were independent of the children’s background. The children’s attitudes for their widowed mothers’ remarriage were significantly different from their age and education background. In addition, the children’s attitudes for widowed women’s remarriage and their widowed mothers’ remarriage showed highly significant positive correlations. Interviews found that the different attitudes of children for their widowed mothers’ remarriage might be affected by factors such as: the relationships between fathers and mothers before the death of fathers, the role of the father in the family before his death, the children’s perception for their widowed mothers’ pressure of taking care of their husbands before their death, the children’s perception for the pressure of taking care of their old widowed mothers. The results of the study can provide assistance measure to widowed women. The widowed women in their later life can live a wonderful and successful life.
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