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KMID : 0379220110310020305
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2011 Volume.31 No. 2 p.305 ~ p.319
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The Influence of Marital Satisfaction on the Suicidal Ideation of the Elderly: Focusing on Mediating Effect of Depression
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Kim Shin-Yeol
Jang Yeong-Eun
Seo Hyo-Jeong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to propose a theoretical model for understanding how marital satisfaction and depression may impact on suicide ideation of older people. This study was also focused on the mediating effect of depression. To achieve this purpose, a survey was conducted, and this sample was based on 194 older people aged over 65 living in Jeollabuk-Do, who had been participating in senior centers or in home care centers. A sampling method was the quota sampling
using face to face interview, and an analysis method was the structural equation modeling. The main results testified by this study are as follows; First, the negative function of marital satisfaction had direct effect on the suicidal ideation and depression, while the positive function of depression had direct impacts on the suicidal ideation. Second, the depression mediated partially the association between marital satisfaction and suicidal ideation. This study theoretically contributes to the existing literatures documenting the impact of marital satisfaction on older people’ suicide ideation. Not only that, but this study suggests practical and politic implication through these results.
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KEYWORD
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suicide ideation of the elderly, marital satisfaction, depression, mediation effect
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