ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to explore the types of sexualconflicts among Korean elderly men. Based on the qualitativeresearch method, in-depth interviews were conducted to 9 menwho were over 65 years old and had been married over 25 years.For data analysis, the paradigm model which is proposed byStrauss and Corbin (1990) was used. From the analysis, a total of88 categories were conceptualized including 13 main categories, 24sub-categories, and 51 characters and dimensions of categories.The paradigm model had 6 stages, that is, causal conditions, corephenomenon, context, intervening conditions, interaction, andconsequences. In addition, four types of sexual conflicts amongKorean elderly men were found: disputing type, waiving type,quarrelling type, and violent type. This study examined sexualconflicts among Korean elderly men as a process, rather than as aone time event. It found the various factors that affect theformation of sexual conflicts for Korean elderly men.