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KMID : 0379220180380030521
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2018 Volume.38 No. 3 p.521 ~ p.536
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The Effect of the Aging Attitude on Life Satisfaction of Korean Elderly: Multi-mediation Effects of Solidarity between Parents and Children
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Kim Jun-Pyo
Kim Soon-Eun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is examining the effect of aging attitudes of older people on their life satisfaction, and investigating the mediating role of solidarity between parents and children. To achieve this, the survey was conducted with 2,076 Korean elderlies who were sampled with proportional stratified, and performed multi-mediated regression with SPSS macro PROCESS v.2.16. The results are following. First, aging attitude that older people recognized significantly affects to their life satisfaction. Second, aging attitude significantly affects to the five sub-categories of solidarity between parents and children. Especially, as elderly shows more negative attitude on aging, the solidarity also goes higher. Third, among sub-categories of solidarity between parents and children, affectional, identical, and functional solidarities play roles of mediator on the relationship between aging attitude and life satisfaction, and affectional solidarity shows the biggest influence on the relationship. Based on the results, practical and policy intervention were suggested for better life satisfaction of Korean elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Aging Attitude, Life Satisfaction, Parent-Child Solidarity, Multi-mediation Regression Analysis
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