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KMID : 1022120180200020133
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Health and Welfare
2018 Volume.20 No. 2 p.133 ~ p.156
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The Effects of the Empathy Ability of the Life-manager on the Depression of Elderly Living Alone: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Self-esteem
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Hwang Chun-Hwa
Yi Soo-Cheon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether the empathy of the life-manager affects depression by mediating the self-esteem of the elderly living alone. The empathy of the life-manager is the external protection factor of the elderly, and the self-esteem of the elderly the internal protection factor. For this purpose, the elderly people living in Y and I cities and their living care workers were selected for the survey and the structural equation model was used for the analysis. The results showed that the emotional empathy and cognitive empathy of the life-managers affected depression by mediated self-esteem of the elderly people living alone. However, emotional empathy of the life-manager has a positive effect on the self-esteem of the elderly, and the cognitive empathy of the life-manager has negatively influenced the elderly 's self-esteem. Based on the results, it was suggested that the emotional empathy of the life-manager should be increased to reduce the depression of the elderly living alone. This study is meaningful in that the elderly living alone and the life-manager are grouped together and studied. It is also important to suggest a practical plan to reduce the depression of elderly living alone.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly Living Alone, Emotional Empathy, Cognitive Empathy, Self-esteem
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