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KMID : 0379220100300020453
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2010 Volume.30 No. 2 p.453 ~ p.469
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The Study on Effects of Objective Life Attributes on Depression of Elderly Mediated by Life-satisfaction
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Shin Chang-Hwan
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Abstract
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There has been a recent increase of interest on depression as a psyco-social characteristics of the elderly. The purpose of this study is to identify the influence of life objective factors on depression of the elderly mediated by life-satisfaction. Previous literature has two limitations. First, previous survey is covered restricted area. Secondly, there is no distinctive analysis of correlation between depression and life-satisfaction. Given these limitations in the previous literature, this study used the Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging Data(KLoSA) 2008 that was collected all over country by Korea Labor Institute and used Structural Equation Modeling for statistical analysis method. Results were obtained in this study as the following. Health, social activity, child support, economic status all have significant effects on life-satisfaction. But only health and social activity have significant effects on depression. And the mediating effect of health and social activity on depression is statistically significant. These findings indicate that subjective perception and evaluation on objective attributes of life are
closely related to mental coping and adaptation among the elderly and to address elderly depression on drawing attention as social problem, psycho-emotional programs are prepared for elderly welfare programs.
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KEYWORD
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Life-satisfaction, depression, subjective perception and evaluation, objective Life attributes, mediating effect
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