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KMID : 1023720130600010323
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2013 Volume.60 No. 1 p.323 ~ p.352
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Social Support Network and Welfare of the Elderly in Korea: Research Trends and Future Tasks
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Park Yeong-Ran
Park Kyung-Soon
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Abstract
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After the notion of social support network was introduced to the field of social work in the 1970s in western countries, the impact of social support network on the psychological and physical well-being of the elderly has been extensively studied since the 1990s in Korea. It has been repeatedly pointed out that there exists a meaningfully positive relationship between the provision of support via social network and improvement of the mental and physical health of the elderly. However, according to the results from the content analysis of previous research conducted in the field of social work over the past two decades in Korea, it was found that further studies are needed to exploit fully the relationship between social support network and welfare of the elderly. Future studies need to analyze the diversity of social network of elderly based upon their sex, age, income, living area and other characteristics. More attention needs to be paid to the structural dimension of social support network, and its negative aspect as well. The process of creation of social support within social network and its diminishing and expanding mechanisms need in-depth investigation. Moreover, the mediating and moderating effects of social support on health and well-being of elderly need further research as well.
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KEYWORD
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social network, social support, welfare for elderly, main effects, moderating effects
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