크리스천 노인의 사회참여와 삶의 질 변화과정에 대한 연구

Abstract

This study deeply considered the significance of social participation and the quality of life in our country's elderly people through Christian senior citizens' frank and vivid statements based on qualitative research. It examined what a reason is that old people come to participate in society, which significance of life there is in experience of social participation, and which transformational process of life they experience in social participation. This study analyzed materials by using the ground theory out of qualitative research as a research method. This researcher selected three standards as for choosing research participants. Firstly, they should be Christian in over 60 years old. Secondly, they should be the elderly of participating in activity of social participation. Thirdly, they were set to people who are experiencing a change in life due to activity of social participation. Research participants were selected 9 people in line with the selection standard. Data collection was performed through academic literature on the elderly and through internet sites related to the elderly. As for the findings, the causal conditions included ‘economic need’ and ‘feeling boresome in senescence.’ The contextual conditions, which have influence upon this phenomenon, were indicated to be ‘challenge without difficulty,’ ‘a re-employment way of being opened,’ ‘solution of a problem about health,’ ‘experience of warm human relations,’ and ‘lack of job.’ Interventional conditions, which have influence upon promoting or inhibiting a strategy for action/interaction on central phenomenon, were indicated to be ‘receiving encouragement and support,’ ‘desiring to be healthy continuously,’ ‘positivity on job,’ and ‘positive thinking about job.’ The strategies for action/interaction were indicated to be ‘leisure activity and volunteering-work activity,’ ‘feeling a meeting to be joy,’ ‘social interest in the a neglected class of people,’ ‘thankful for God who gave job,’ and ‘striving to pass on religious legacy.’Given seeing based on the results of this study, Christian senior citizens hoped for having job in senescence, and had pride with thinking that they can contribute to society escaping from financial income on work that they do. Research participants had positive response to life, and are showing intention of joining if an opportunity of social participation is given as far as health is allowed. And, they were being in charge with thanking God for grace of the given work with having expectation for expansion in more jobs.