무배우자 노인의 성욕구 실태와 해소유형 = A Qualitative Study on the Spouseless Elder`s the Sexual Desire and Types of its Solution

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to know the actual condition of sexual drive, the types of its solution and the consciousness of sex on the spouseless elder. This study relied on the qualitative research method to approach the spouseless elder`s subjective experience of sexuality. As a result of interpretation of 15 cases on the spouseless elder, the major findings can be summarized as follows: All subjects had sexual drive and its levels individually appear various degrees. To solve their sexual drive all of them practiced masturbation and 4 out of them both had the relationship with their counterpart and practice masturbation. But, the frequency of having sex and masturbation varied depending on individuals. Since other 11 subjects did not have the spouse and could not have solve the sexual drive, they wanted to solve loneliness, solitariness and sexual drive by having relationship with his(or her)counterpart. The female spouseless elder had more difficulties than the male in finding their sexual partner and types of having relationship with her counterpart, because the female were longer-lived than the male and were more than the male in figures. All subjects had sexual drive and had consistent expectation in the aspect of solving sexual drive by direct contact with counterparts and relieving loneliness but they complained about limitation of counterparts and chances to solve sexual drive and difficulty to find them by themselves. In the case of solving sexual drive by prostitution the male elder worried about venereal infections and complained of a countermeasures against them.