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KMID : 1023720190740020009
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2019 Volume.74 No. 2 p.9 ~ p.34
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Moderating Effects of Social Support and Social Participation of the Relationship between Depression and Quality of Life of Elderly Victims of Disaster
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Kim Sae-Bom
Choi Song-Sik
Song Young-Ji
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to elucidate the social welfare implications and to secure the quality of lives(QOLs) of elderly victims from disaster, and by analyzing the effect of depression on their QOLs and the moderating effects of social support and social participation. This study utilized data from the third year (2017) of the Long-term Investigation of Disaster Victims established by the National Disaster Management Research Institute(NDMI) in the Republic of Korea. The subjects were 666 elderly people aged 65 and over who had experienced disaster. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 statistical packag. The results were as follows: First, the depression of elderly victims of Disaster had a significant effect on the quality of life in the elderly. Second, the social support was found to have a moderating effect on the quality of life of elderly depression. Third, the social participation didn’t show any significant moderating effect. But the social participation had a significant effect on the quality of life in the elderly. The results of this study suggest that in order to reduce the depression of elderly victims of Disaster and improve the quality of life, it is necessary to provide various types of psychological support services, to form a social support system and to activate social participation reflecting the disaster and characteristics of the community.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly Victims of Disaster, Depression, Quality of Life, Social Suppor, Social Participation
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