독거노인의 죽음준비와 생활만족도와의 관계에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과 (The Mediating Effects of Social Support in Relationships between Preparation for Death and Life Satisfaction in the Elderly Living Alone)

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· 발행기관 : 국제보건미용학회
· 수록지 정보 : 국제보건미용학회지 / 16권 / 1호 / 67 ~ 74페이지
· 저자명 : 진세림, 윤은경

초록

This study attempted to investigate the mediating effects of social support in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction against the elderly living alone. For this, a questionnaire survey was performed against senior citizens aged 65 or older, who are currently getting emergency care services and from a senior welfare center in ‘B’. A total of 205 copies were collected and analyzed, using JAMOVI 18.4. To analyze correlations among variables, Pearson’s correlation was conducted. To verify the mediating effects of social support in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction, furthermore, the bias corrected bootstrap was applied, and the results found the followings: First, in terms of respondents’ gender, age, educational background and average monthly income, ‘female’, ‘80s’, ‘elementary school’ and ‘less than KRW 1 million’ were the highest respectively. In addition, many of them were suffering from diseases despite few hospitalizations with poor subjective health conditions. Second, social support played a complete mediating role in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction. Third, among the sub-factors of such social support, ‘informative support’ was the only one which revealed a complete mediating effect. Therefore, this study proposed a way to improve life satisfaction by helping the elderly living alone well prepared for death and enhancing social support.

영어초록

This study attempted to investigate the mediating effects of social support in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction against the elderly living alone. For this, a questionnaire survey was performed against senior citizens aged 65 or older, who are currently getting emergency care services and from a senior welfare center in ‘B’. A total of 205 copies were collected and analyzed, using JAMOVI 18.4. To analyze correlations among variables, Pearson’s correlation was conducted. To verify the mediating effects of social support in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction, furthermore, the bias corrected bootstrap was applied, and the results found the followings: First, in terms of respondents’ gender, age, educational background and average monthly income, ‘female’, ‘80s’, ‘elementary school’ and ‘less than KRW 1 million’ were the highest respectively. In addition, many of them were suffering from diseases despite few hospitalizations with poor subjective health conditions. Second, social support played a complete mediating role in relationships between preparation for death and life satisfaction. Third, among the sub-factors of such social support, ‘informative support’ was the only one which revealed a complete mediating effect. Therefore, this study proposed a way to improve life satisfaction by helping the elderly living alone well prepared for death and enhancing social support.

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