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KMID : 1124020140300010197
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Korean Social Security Studies
2014 Volume.30 No. 1 p.197 ~ p.229
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Depression of Emigrant by Land Development and Buffering Effect of Social Netwo
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Jeon Byeong-Joo
Choi Eun-Young
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine the negative influence of abrupt residential environment change due to government`s land development, and potential buffering effect of social network. Subjects for this study were 496 people that had to emigrate due to land development in the Chungnam·Chungbuk area, and they were divided into two sub-groups based on the age of 65 in order to analyze the buffering effect of social network in the relationship between residential environment changes and depression. PASW 18.0 was used to analyze the data. Results of this study are as follows: First, the level of social network was slightly higher in the group younger than 65, and the level of depression was shown to be significantly higher in the group older than 65. The proportion of people who has home-ownership and the level of residential environment satisfaction were similar in both sub-groups. Second, the results of hierarchical analyses showed that age and economic status were statistically significant in explaining depression level only for the group of younger than 65. Changes of residential area and years after house-moving appeared to have effects on depression level only for the group of older than 65. It was found out that two sub-groups are influenced by different set of variables and negative influence of residential environment change was much bigger for the older group. Third, social network has a strong buffering effect in the relationship between residential environment changes and depression for both younger and older groups. Social network turned out to lower the depression level together with residential environment satisfaction. Based on these findings, this study suggested policy directions in land development processes and mental health services to prevent or ease the stress and depression of citizens who experienced forced residential changes.
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KEYWORD
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land development, residential environment change, social network, depression
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