户外休闲对城市老年人社会网络的影响——基于广州市白云山的案例研究

The impact of outdoor leisure on social network of old people in urban area——a case study in Baiyun Mountain of Guangzhou

本研究从固有关系的维护和新的社会关系的拓展两个方面,以白云山为案例地,探究了户外休闲对城市老年人社会网络的影响。研究发现户外休闲对城市老年人固有关系的维护有一定的影响,但对不同关系的维护作用不同。一方面,老年人的户外休闲对家庭关系的维护作用很有限,一定情形下还有可能对家庭关系的维护带来负面影响。另一方面,老年人的户外休闲成为维系原有朋友关系的重要方式。在老年人新的社会关系的拓展上,户外休闲成为一种重要的渠道。新的社会关系的拓展与老年人的休闲活动特征和个性密切相关,大多数情况下这种新的社会关系表现为一种弱关系,且这种关系大多仅存在于休闲活动的空间。

This case study conducted in Baiyun Mountain explored the impact of outdoor leisure on social network of old people in urban area. Results show outdoor leisure, to some extent, can impact on the maintenance of old social relations. On the one hand, its benefit of maintaining the family relations is quite limited and it can even do harm to family relations in some cases. On the other hand, outdoor leisure has become an important way to maintain the old friendship. Moreover, outdoor leisure plays an important role in expanding new social relations, and the expansion of new social relations is closely related with the patterns of leisure participation and the old persons＇ personalities. However, the new social relations developed in outdoor leisure, in most cases, are weak and only exist in the space where the old participate outdoor leisure.