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본 연구는 독립변수로서 노인의 종교활동과 사회활동 참여, 매개변수로서 우울과 죽음불안, 종속변수로서 삶의 만족도를 설정하고, 청주시에 거주하는 65세 이상 노인들을 대상으로 설문조사하여 이들 변수간의 영향관계 및 우울과 죽음불안의 매개효과를 검증하기 위해 실행되었다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인의 종교활동 참여는 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치지 않았으며, 노인의 사회활동 참여는 삶의 만족도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 노인의 종교활동 참여는 우울과 죽음불안에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 한편 노인의 사회활동 참여는 죽음불안에는 영향을 미치지 않았으나 우울에는 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 노인의 종교활동 참여와 삶의 만족도 간에 우울 및 죽음불안을 매개로 한 간접효과가 나타나지 않았다. 또한 노인의 사회활동 참여와 삶의 만족도 간에는 우울을 매개로 한 간접효과가 나타났고 죽음불안을 매개로 한 간접효과는 나타나지 않았다. 위와 같은 연구결과를 통해 활동이론이 부분적으로 검증되었고, 우울이 노인의 사회활동 참여와 삶의 만족도 간에 중요한 매개변수가 됨이 확인 되었다. 본 연구를 통해 노인의 우울을 예방하고 삶의 만족도를 높이는 사회활동 프로그램을 적극적으로 개발할 필요성이 제기 되었다.
Religious activity and social activity of the elderly as independent variables, depression and death anxiety as mediating variables and life satisfaction as a dependent variable were set up in this study. This study was performed to test the influencing relationship among the study variables and the mediating effect of depression and death anxiety. The subjects of this study were the ones who were 65 year and older living in Cheongju. The findings of this study were as follows:First, the elderly’s participation in religious activity had not any influence on their life satisfaction, but the elderly’s participation in social activity had the positive influence on their life satisfaction. Second, the elderly’s participation in religious activity had not any influence on depression and death anxiety. On the one hand, the elderly’s participation in social activity had not any influence on death anxiety and on the other hand their participation in social activity had the negative influence on depression. Third, the elderly’s depression and death anxiety had the negative influence on their life satisfaction. Fourth, it was found that depression and death anxiety were not indirectly operating as mediating variables between the elderly’s participation in religious activity and their life satisfaction. Also, it was found that depression was indirectly operating as a mediating variable between the elderly’s participation in social activity and their life satisfaction and death anxiety was not indirectly operating as a mediating variable. Through the above results of this study, activity theory was tested and depression as a mediating variable between the elderly’s participation in social activity and their life satisfaction was found. This study shows that social activity programs need positively to be developed to prevent the elderly’s depression and to promote their life satisfaction.
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religious activity of the elderly, social activity of the elderly, depression, death anxiety, life satisfaction
