2017 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 316-329
This study analyzes the effect of consciousness of old age, preparatory activities of old age, and information utilization in social participation by comparing age levels on the assumption that “consciousness of old age promotes preparatory activities of old age. Information utilization promotes social participation with preparatory activities of old age.” Data were obtained from a self-administered survey of 676 persons aged 40 years and over. The early middle-aged group was compared with late middle-aged and older adults.
The results were as follows. (1) Social participation has the implication of leisure activity among the early middle-aged, and further, information utilization did not promote social participation among them. (2) Information utilization by regional public relations magazines promoted social participation with preparatory activities of old age to master the technology and improve ability among the late middle-aged. (3) Recommendations and information utilization by regional public relations magazines promoted social participation with challenging consciousness of old age and various preparatory activities for old age among older adults.
These results demonstrate that “information utilization promotes social participation in late middle-aged and older adults. Further, it is necessary to provide different information by age in social participation.”
