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KMID : 1023720130600010035
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2013 Volume.60 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.54
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The Effect of the Elderly’s Leasure Activity on Their Health and the Mediating Role of Family Support
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Kim Myeong-Suk
Kim Jong-Wook
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Abstract
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The Purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the elderly`s leasure activity on their physical and mental health and the mediating role of family support between leasure activity and the elderly`s health. For this study, two types of leasure activity(productive and consumptive leasure activity) and two types of family support(spouse and children support) were examined and subjective health condition and self-esteem were used as indicators of the elderly`s physical and mental health. The data of this study were collected from 347 old people participating in the leasure activity programs operated by 10 facilities for the aged in Seoul, using structured questionnaires. Structural Equation Modelling technique was used as a main data analysis method for hypothesis test. This study found that productive and consumptive leasure activity had positive effects on the elderly`s physical and mental health measured in terms of subjective health condition and self-esteem, and that family support played a mediating role in the relationship between the elderly`s leasure activity and their health. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed and the directions for future research were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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elderly, leasure activity, health, family support, mediating role
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