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KMID : 1023720180730010417
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2018 Volume.73 No. 1 p.417 ~ p.443
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Effect of Older Adults' Aging Anxiety on Their Social Activities: The Moderating Effect of Social Networking and Gender Difference
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Lim Jeung-Suk
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to identify how aging anxiety affects older adults’ social activities and to examine the moderating effects of social networks on the relationship between aging anxiety and social activities. Gender differences were also examined in this study. For this purpose, the sample population consisted of 533 adults older than 65 who visit community centers for older adults. The results indicate that older adults’ aging anxiety negatively affected their social activities but that strong social networks had a moderating effect. In addition, significant gender differences were found in the moderating effects of social networks. The social networks of older male adults had a stronger moderating effect on the relationship between aging anxiety and social activities than did those of older female adults. The results of this study indicate that strengthening social networks is important to improve participation in social activities that could be abandoned or avoided due to aging anxiety. In particular, various measures need to be taken to strengthen the social networks of older male adults. Finally, practical measures are suggested to extend social activities for older adults based on the results of this study.
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KEYWORD
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social activities of older adults, aging anxiety, social networking, gender differences, moderating effect
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