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KMID : 0613620190390030009
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Health Social Welfare Review
2019 Volume.39 No. 3 p.9 ~ p.40
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Aging Anxiety and Self-Neglect among Older Adults Living in Urban and Rural Communities: The Moderating Effect of Family and Social Support
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Kim Su-Jee
Kwon Eun-Joo
Lee Jang-Bum
Kim Soon-Eun
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Abstract
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The goal of this study is to explore aging anxiety, self-neglecting behaviors, levels of family and social support among elders living in urban and rural communities, and to investigate the moderating effects of family and social support on the relationship between aging anxiety and self-neglecting behaviors. Survey data of 837 elders living in urban areas and 322 elders living in rural areas, collected by the Aging Society and Social Capital Research Center in 2018, was analyzed. χ2 tests and t-tests were used to examine group differences on the levels of aging anxiety, self-neglecting behaviors, and family and social support. The moderating effects of family and social support were tested by multiple regression analyses for each group of urban and rural older adults. The results showed that there was a group difference on the levels of aging anxiety, and that the higher degree of aging anxiety for all the elders in both groups, the lower degree of self-neglecting behaviors. The moderating effects of family and social support were only found among older adults living in rural areas. The significance of this study is to show how urban and rural older adults use family and social support in order to cope with anxiety and stress related to aging issues and to prevent self-neglecting behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Aging Anxiety, Self-Neglect, Family Support and Social Support, Regional Difference, Urban and Rural Areas
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