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KMID : 0613620210410010127
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Health Social Welfare Review
2021 Volume.41 No. 1 p.127 ~ p.145
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The Effects of Age-Friendly Environments on Life Satisfaction: Mediating Effects of Sense of Community and Multiple-Group Analysis
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Chung Se-Mi
Lim Jeung-Suk
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine the mediating role of sense of community in the relationship between age-friendly environment and life satisfaction. A total of 307 adolescences (age 18-44), middle-aged adults (age 45-64), and older adults (age over 65) were taken from the 2017 Survey On Age Integration, which was conducted as part of the Initiative for Humanities Research and Education with funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea, were analyzed using multiple-group analysis for structural equation modeling. The result of the study shows significant age group differences. First, in the effect of age-friendly environment on life satisfaction, sense of community had a mediating role. Second, the model showed a significant age group differences. The adolescent group showed a full mediation effect of sense of community, and the middle-aged group showed a partial mediation. The older group did not show any mediating effect, but age-friendly environment had a significant effect on life satisfaction. Policy and practical intervention methods to enhance the life satisfaction in the aging society were suggested based on the results of this study.
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KEYWORD
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Life Satisfaction, Age-Friendly Environment, Sense of Community, Mediated Effect, Multiple Group Analyis
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