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KMID : 1142620200120020001
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Korea Aging Friendly Industry Association
2020 Volume.12 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.11
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The Mediating Effect of Participation in Social Activities in the Relationship between Psychosocial Dependence and Ego Integrity: Focused on the Elderly Living Alone
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Yun Eun-Gyeong
Jo Yeun-Duk
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to present basic data related to social welfare intervention for psychological well-being of old age by analyzing mediation effect of participation in social activities in the influence of psychosocial dependency of the elderly living alone on their ego integrity.
Methods : After randomly sampling the elderly living alone aged 65 years or older who were in the care of social welfare services residing in City B, a survey was conducted between July and August, 2017. A total of 200 copies of the questionnaire collected from the respondents were analyzed using SPSS. With major statistical techniques, t-test and one-way analysis of variance were performed, and the basic steps for mediation testing (Baron & Kenny, 1986) through hierarchical regression analysis was applied to the analysis of mediation effect, followed by the Sobel test.
Results : The results of this study are summarized as follows: First, as a result of analyzing the differences between groups, it was found that the level of psychosocial dependence was high among those who owned no house and had chronic illness; the level of participation in social activities was high among those who were younger, had religion, had a high monthly income on average, and owned their house; and the level of ego integrity was high among those who had a high monthly income on average, owned their house, and lived alone for a longer time. Second, the lower the level of psychosocial dependence, the higher the level of participation in social activities and ego-integrity. In addition, participation in social activities was revealed to have a partial mediation effect in the influence of psychosocial dependence on ego integrity.
Conclusion : The mediation effect of participation in social activities, as a part of social welfare intervention intended to encourage the elderly living alone who belong to social environment with a weak foundation of care and support to reduce psychosocial dependence and enhance ego integrity, has been verified in this study. Therefore, based on the above study results, various methods for social welfare intervention are proposed.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly living alone, Psychosocial dependence, Ego integrity, Participation in social activities
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