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KMID : 0379220090290041629
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 4 p.1629 ~ p.1644
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Self-Differentiation and Mental Health of Elderly Couples
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Lee Ju-Yeon
Chung Hye-Jeong
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Abstract
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This study was to examine the relationship between self-differentiation and mental health of elderly couples. This study also tries to investigate the effect of self-differentiation on mental health. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaire method with 271 elderly couples over 55years old who lived in Chollabuk-Do province. The results showed that first, there was no significant difference in the level of total self-differentiation between husbands and wives. While the level of mental health(depression, somatization) were higher for wives than for husbands. Second, both husbands’ and wives’ mental health were negatively correlated with self-differentiation. Finally, results of multiple regression analyses showed that both husbands’ and wives’ mental health were negatively influenced by self-differentiation. Specifically, the variable significant affecting the husbands’ mental health was the emotional reactivity of self-differentiation and the variable
significant wives’ mental health was the emotional cut-off of self-differentiation. These findings confirmed the concept of self-differentiation in applying to mental health of elderly couples.
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KEYWORD
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elderly couples, self-differentiation, mental health
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