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KMID : 0379220160360041059
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2016 Volume.36 No. 4 p.1059 ~ p.1074
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The Structural Relationship among Lifelong Learning, Life Satisfaction and Depression in Later Life
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Lee Ji-Seon
Kim Jung-Joo
Ryu Hyun-Ok
Xu Huanhuan
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Abstract
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The authors aimed to understand the structural relationship among lifelong education, life satisfaction, and depression in later life. For the data analysis, 4,096 older adults aged 65 and more without anti-depression treatment were subtracted from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) of the year 2012. The findings include that first, older adults non-formal and informal learning activities influence their life satisfaction positively. Second, older adults non-formal and informal learning activities have a negative effect on their depression. Third, older adults depression has a negative impact on their life satisfaction. Fourth, older adults non-formal and informal learning activities decrease the degree of depression and in turn influence their life satisfaction positively, which shows depression level has a partial mediating effect. The indirect effect of informal learning was greater than that of non-formal learning. We drew practical implications based on these findings.
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KEYWORD
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depression , later life , lifelong learning , life satisfaction , older adults
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