Japanese Association of Industrial Counselling
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Motivation and related generativity of middle-aged and older males' participation in NPO activities to support unemployed young adults
Sayuri Tanaka
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2020 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 1-14

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In this study, we focused on the motivation and related generativity of middle-aged and older males who provide support through NPO activities for unemployed young adults. We assumed that activity motivation were in common with identity tasks after middle age, and that the activity motivation were related to generativity. Based on these inferences, we conducted a questionnaire survey.Male supporters aged 35 to 75 took part in the survey and 321 effective responses were obtained. Factor analysis was carried out on the scale created to measure activity motivation and five factors were obtained.These factors were named as follows:“Perspective in NPO”, “Interest in social contribution”, “Interest in support activities”,“Expectation for ‘second life’”, and “Interest in utilizing past experiences.” Among these five factors, it was suggested that some might be common to the deepening of identity after middle age. In addition, the expression of generativity was found to differ between age groups, with altruistic consciousness in the pre-retirees and self- orientation in the retirees.

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