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KMID : 0379220140340040857
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2014 Volume.34 No. 4 p.857 ~ p.875
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A Study on Subjective Well-Being and Influential Factors across Different Life Cycles in Adulthood: Application of Alderfer’s ERG Theory
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Kim Mee-Hye
Moon Jung-Wha
Seong Ki-Ok
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study were to identify different degree of subjective well-being across life cycles in adulthood and influential factors on subjective well-being based on Alderfer’s ERG theory and to suggest implications of improving their subjective well-being. Data used in this study were from the 8th Korean General Social Survey (2010). The cases for this study were total 1,557 individuals who consisted 660 young-aged adults under 40, 574 middle-aged adults under 60, and 323 old-aged adults over 60. The data were analyzed by hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that subjective well-being of the old-aged adult group was lower than the young and the middle aged adult groups. The economical satisfaction was a common predictor in all adult aged groups and the effects of existence needs, relatedness needs and growth needs factors on subjective well-being were different in each group. The most important predictors of subjective well-being were sense of hope in the young-aged group, economical satisfaction in the middle-aged group, and subjective health in the old-aged group. Based on these findings, practical and political implications for improving subjective well-being were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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subjective well-being , life cycle , Alderfer’s ERG theory , KGSS
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