노인의 고독감과 사회적 지지가 우울감에 미치는 영향

• 영문명: Influence of Loneliness and Social Support on Depression in the Elderly: with priority given to the mediating effects of leisure activity satisfaction
• 발행기관: 한국복지실천학회
• 저자명: 김경배(Kyoung-bea, Kim)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국복지실천학회지』제9권 제1호, 55~78쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회복지학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.06.30

국문 초록

본 연구는 노인여가시설을 이용 중인 노인들의 일상생활에서의 고독감과 사회적지지가 우울감에 미치는 영향 정도를 설명하기 위해 그리고 여가활동 만족의 매개효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 수도권 지역 노인여가시설 이용자의 일반적 특성을 조사 분석함으로써 노인여가시설을 이용하는 노인들의 우울감, 여가활동 만족의 매개효과 능력을 확대하고자 하는 정책적 대안을 찾는데 있다고 할 수 있다. 일반적으로 두 변수 이상의 독립변수(영향변수, 원인변수)들이 종속변수(결과변수)에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 가를 알기 위한 분석기법인 다중회귀분석(Multiple Regression Analysis)을 실시하였으며 몇 가지 시사점과 의의를 갖는다. 첫째, 본 연구는 기존 연구에서 부족하였던 노인여가시설에서의 심리적 척도인 이용노인에 대한 우울감 감소를 위하여 심리적 척도중 하나인 여가활동 만족 개념을 매개변수로 도입하여 정책적 대안을 찾는 연구를 시도하였다. 둘째, 본 연구는 노인여가시설을 이용 중인 노인들이 갖고 있는 우울 감을 낮추기 위하여 노인시설의 역할을 강화하는 측면에서 노인들이 참여하고 있는 여가활동에 대한 만족도를 매개변수로 적용하여 그 효과의 검증을 제시함으로써 향후 노인복지 및 노인여가시설의 발전에 기여할 것으로 기대된다. 마지막으로, 본 연구 결과 노인의 특성상 일상생활에서 고독감과 우울감은 높은 특성을 갖고 있으나 여가활동에 참여할 때의 만족감은 매개적 역할을 하고 있음에 따라 지역복지시설에는 인근의 노인들이 적극적으로 참여할 수 있는 다양한 여가복지 프로그램을 개발하고 운영해야 할 것이다.

영문 초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the daily loneliness and social support awareness of elderly users of senior leisure facilities on their depression and the mediating effects of satisfaction with leisure activities in that process. And it s found that the elderly people who were less lonely and received more social support found themselves to be more satisfied with the leisure activities in which they engaged, and that these senior citizens suffered less depression. It s also proven that the mediating role performance of leisure activity satisfaction took place in the influential relationship between loneliness and depression. The theoretical, practical and political implications of the findings of the study could be described as follows: First, this study is of academic significance in that it found leisure activity satisfaction produced mediating effects when the psychological regulation of loneliness and social support by the senior leisure facilities encouraged the senior citizens to regulate their own depression in daily life. That is, this study made some contribution to the enlargement of the scope of research by proving that leisure activity satisfaction, which is a new variable and was perceived by the senior citizens while using the leisure facilities, exercised an influence when the psychological regulation of loneliness and social support affected their daily depression. Second, this study provided psychological and practical rationale that various attempts should be made to raise the leisure activity satisfaction of elderly users of senior leisure facilities as a psychological factor in the area of senior leisure facilities and that these efforts could serve to lower their depression. In other words, it s proven that diverse programs and systems which aim at increasing leisure activity satisfaction can be successful, and this study stirred up more discussions on the necessity of the kind of management that uses satisfaction level, which is one of business assessment indicators, in senior leisure and welfare. Besides, this study raised the need to make more managerial efforts to increase leisure activity satisfaction. Third, like other organizations including businesses, various programs geared toward increasing leisure activity satisfaction as a way to relieve loneliness and depression and the management style of this approach turned out to be effective in senior leisure facilities that are social welfare agencies. Therefore a system that provides a variety of programs tailored to the characteristics of elderly users of senior leisure facilities in appropriate environments should be introduced to raise their leisure life satisfaction, and a standard manual for the management of the system should be provided. Necessary institutional measures should be taken to stimulate many senior leisure facilities to introduce this sort of system. Nowadays there is an increase in the weight of the elderly population in aging society, and the weight of their leisure activities is on the rise as well. Usually, elderly people suffer from severe loneliness and depression in everyday life, but they aren t provided with proper social support. The government and leisure facilities should make a lot of efforts to alleviate the loneliness and depression of elderly people doing leisure activities and to help them to find themselves to receive enough social support. In fact, however, not many studies have yet examined loneliness, social support, depression and the mediating effects of leisure activity satisfaction in senior leisure facilities in detail. This study attempted to investigate the general characteristics of the users of senior leisure facilities in the metropolitan area to find an alternative on how to increase the leisure activity satisfaction of elderly users of these facilities to lower their depression, and a multiple regression analysis was made to make it happen.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론

Ⅱ. 이론적 배경

Ⅲ. 연구설계

Ⅳ. 결론

키워드

고독감 사회적지지 우울감 여가활동 만족 매개효과 loneliness social support depression leisure activity satisfaction mediating effect.