Completed Research Project

Title / Titel
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Determinants of sexual activity and satisfaction in late adulthood – part two:
Sexuality during life course – a retrospective study
Original title / Originaltitel
Sexualitaet im Lebenslauf – Ergebnisse einer retrospektiven Interviewstudie
Summary / Zusammenfassung
The goal of the second part of this study is to supplement information about the sexual biography and its influence on actual sexual behavior and satisfaction that cannot be tapped within the framework of a quantitative research approach. Semi structured in depth interviews were conducted with 24 men and 24 women aged between 47 and 75 years. The interviews were taperecorded and fully transcribed. The participants describe how they experienced their sexuality at different life stages (childhood, puberty, first love, marriage, divorce, widowhood etc) and their actual situation. The analysis of the interviews is still in progress.
Publications / Publikationen
Bucher, T. (2004). Sexualitaet in der zweiten Lebenshaelfte: Alter - Partnerschaft - Zufriedenheit. In R. Hornung, C. Buddeberg & T. Bucher (Eds.), Sexualitaet im Wandel (Vol. 36, pp. 195-208). Zuerich: vdf Hochschulverlag.

Bucher, T. (2003). Älterwerden und Sexualität: Vielfalt anstatt Einheitsgrau. Pro Familia Magazin, 4, 14-15.

Bucher, T. (2002). Sexualität in der zweiten Lebenshälfte. Sozial Aktuell, 21, 6-8.

Keywords / Suchbegriffe
sexuality, life course, semi structured in depth interviews,, Sexualitaet, Lebenslauf, halb strukturierte Interviews
Project Leadership and Contacts /
Projektleitung und Kontakte
Dr. Thomas Bucher (Project Leader)tobu@sozpsy.uzh.ch
Dr. Yvonne Traber (Project Leader)ytraber@sozpsy.uzh.ch
Prof. Rainer Hornunghornung@sozpsy.uzh.ch
In Collaboration with /
In Zusammenarbeit mit
Abteilung fuer Psychosoziale Medizin, Psychiatrische Poliklinik, UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich
(Prof. C. Buddeberg)		Switzerland

Institut fuer Sozial- und Praeventivmedizin der Universitaet Zuerich (Prof. F. Gutzwiller)

Switzerland

Duration of Project / Projektdauer
Feb 2000 to Dec 2005

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