【摘要】 目的 了解老年人的社会角色现状及其心理意义。方法 由经培训的心理学专业研究生进入城市社区，对219名年龄范围在60～90岁之间、平均年龄为67.42岁的老年人进行半结构式个别访谈，了解其现任哪些角色、看重哪些角色、满意哪些角色；结果 根据从多到少排行，老年人现任角色前三位是父/母、夫/妻、爷/奶，看重角色前三位是儿/女、爷/奶、外公/外婆，满意角色前三位是外公/外婆、爷/奶、顾问；老年人对于现任角色中65.09%的看重，64.06%的满意；结论 尊老爱幼思想对于老年人看重哪种家庭角色影响很大；老年人对于自己能为家庭和社会做出贡献的角色感到满意。

    【关键词】 老年人；角色；调查

    Investigation of the Roles of Elder in City from Three-Dimensional Perspective. Jiang Zhongqing, Yao Xiaonan, Li Min. Department of Psychology, Educational College of Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, P.R.China

    【Abstract】 Objective To understand the status and psychological meaning of elder's role. Methods 219 old people (age: 60~90 years, M=67 years) were interviewed by Psychological graduate with semi-construction paradigm. The questions include what role they are, which one they think a lot of, which one they are satisfied with. Results The top 3 of their roles are father/mother, husband/wife, grandfather/grandmother; The top 3 of their thinking much roles are son/daughter, grandfather/grandmother, grandfather/grandmother in law; The top 3 of their satisfied roles are grandfather/grandmother in law, grandfather/grandmother and adviser. 65.09% of the elder think much of their roles, 64.09% of which are satisfied with their roles. Conclusion The traditional thoughts of respecting for the elder and caring for the young greatly affect old people; The old are satisfied with the roles they can contribute to the society and family. ......