A Study on Receptivity to Sharing Living Space in Communal Shared Housing of the Elderly Living in Rural Areas depending on Personal Traits

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The study examines how six personal traits—extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and loneliness—relate to willingness to share living space among elderly residents in rural areas. Participants were surveyed through face-to-face interviews with 124 respondents aged over 55 in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do, using SPSS for analysis. Extraversion and low loneliness predicted higher receptivity, with effects varying by shared-space function.

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1. Introduction

1.1. Background and Necessity of Study

KIEAE Journal Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment 80 | A Study on Receptivity to Sharing Living Space in Communal Shared Housing of the Elderly Living in Rural Areas depending on Personal Traits
Kim, Hyun-Jung* ⋅Lee, Yeun-Sook** ⋅An, So-Mi***
* Main author, Dept. of Interior Architecture & Built Environment, Yonsei Univ., South Korea ([hjlime3634@gmail.com](hjlime3634@gmail.com))
** Corresponding author, Dept. of Interior Architecture & Built Environment, Yonsei Univ., South Korea ([yeunsooklee@yonsei.ac.kr](yeunsooklee@yonsei.ac.kr))
*** Coauthor, Div. of Design and Imaging, Baekseok Univ., South Korea | | | --- | --- | | A B S T R A C T
Purpose: The objective of this study is to divide personal traits of the elderly living in a rural area into extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and loneliness and to identify the relationship between personal traits and receptivitiy to sharing living space in communal shared housing. Method: Subjects of this study are the elderly of ages greater than 55 living in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do. Depending on how often elderly welfare facility was used, places where the elderly gathered were divided into a senior citizen center, senior welfare center, and other places where they often gathered. The researchers visited each of the places directly and conducted a survey with face-to-face interviews. Result: The collected data consisting of 124 respondents were analyzed through SPSS statistical program. It showed that 5 personal traits, except for agreeableness, had statistically significant difference. Extrovert and low lonely elderly people had high receptivity. The relationship between personal traits and acceptable shared space revealed differently depending on the function of space. Especially, shared resting space was related to low emotion-oriented trait, such as neuroticism and loneliness, while shared hobby and sanitary space were related to strong management-oriented trait of conscientiousness. These findings demonstrate the importance of understanding personal traits in predicting receptivitiy to sharing living space. Also, it is necessary to compare the degree of receptivity to sharing living space based on personal traits and to plan shared space in several levels, such as full sharing, partial sharing, and individual use, to develop and supply communal shared housing successfully.
ⓒ 2016 KIEAE Journal | K EY W O R D | | | Personal Trait
Five-factor Model of Personality (Big Five)
Communal Shared Housing
Receptivity to Sharing Living Space
A C C E P TA N C E IN F O | | | Received January 29, 2016
Final revision received August 16, 2016 Accepted August 21, 2016 | 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and Necessity of Study The aging population ofour country is proceeding at a faster rate unprecedented in the world due to the average life span extension with the development of medical technology and of the decrease of birth rate, and with this, phenomenon socially emerging even more greatly is the reduction of the elderly household constitution. As well as children decrease consciousness living together for support elderly parents (Hong, 2001a), elderly parents prefer to spend life after retirement independently from their children(Jung, 2012), so recently, there is an increasing elderly living alone household consisting of a senior person. In particular, this phenomenon is more noticeable in rural areas the younger drained due to the unbalanced development among regions (Kang et al., 2014)1) . pISSN 2288-968X, eISSN 2288-9698 [http://dx.doi.org/10.12813/kieae.2016.16.4.005](http://dx.doi.org/10.12813/kieae.2016.16.4.005) * This research was supported by a grant(16AUDP-B068892-04\#) from Residential Environment Research Program funded by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korean government. 1) According to the Population and Housing Census results each year of Korea Nati

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What is the purpose of this study on shared living space?

The study aims to categorize elderly personal traits and identify how those traits relate to receptivity toward sharing living space in communal shared housing in rural areas.

How were participants selected and data collected?

Elderly participants over 55 living in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do were surveyed using face-to-face interviews across senior citizen centers, senior welfare centers, and other frequently used gathering places.

Which personal traits showed significant differences in receptivity to sharing space?

Five personal traits showed statistically significant differences, excluding agreeableness. Extroverted and low-lonely elderly participants had higher receptivity.

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