Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the residence as a factor in the consciousness of aging. Through two surveys on the aging consciousness of two generations (early 60's and college students), the home residence appears as a significant factor for the evaluation of aging by early 60's cohort, and the urban residence appears as a significant factor for the evaluation of aging by college students. Other two findings through surveys are as follows. (1) Hope level of early 60's cohort is not low comparing to college students, and the acceptance to the past events of early 60's cohort seems more positive than that of college student group. So, the future time perspective of early 60's cohort is different from typical pattern of elders (over 65 years old). (2) In analyzing the life image drawings by line or curve (including by graph), 3 typologies emerged: wave type, upwards type, and trajectory type. Those who draw life images in upwards type evaluate aging positively, and those who draw life images in trajectory type evaluate aging negatively.
