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한국 노인의 주관적 건강과 성격특성, 행복 및 죽음태도의 관계

The Relationships of Subjective Health, Personality Traits, Happiness and Death Attitude of the Korean Elderly

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이 연구는 60-89세 남녀 노인들(551명)을 대상으로 노인이 지각하는 주관적 건강과 성격특성, 행복 및 죽음태도의 관계를 규명하려고 하였다. 이를 위해 주관적 건강척도, 외향성 척도, 낙관성 척도, 행복척도, 죽음태도 척도와 함께 배경변인들에 관한 질문지가 사용되었다. 분석결과 남성들이 여성들보다, 60대 노인들이 80대 노인들보다 더 좋은 주관적 건강을 지니고 연령이 증가하면 주관적 건강상태는 더 부정적으로 변화하며, 여성들의 주관적 건강상태는 남성들보다 배경변인들에 의해 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 외향적인 노인과 낙관적인 노인들이 더 좋은 주관적 건강상태를 지니고, 외향적인 노인과 낙관적인 노인 및 좋은 주관적 건강상태를 지니는 노인들이 더 큰 행복을 경험하였다. 그들은 죽음에 대해서도 더 큰 중립적 수용과 더 적은 탈출적 수용 및 더 적은 공포를 보여 더 성숙한 죽음태도 조망을 지니고 있었다. 경로분석결과, 외향성과 낙관성 및 주관적 건강은 행복과 죽음태도에 직접적인 영향도 주지만 외향성이나 낙관성이 주관적 건강을 통하여 행복과 죽음태도에 영향을 줄 수 있는 것으로 나타나, 주관적 건강은 노인들의 심리적 안녕에 영향을 주는 핵심 변인임이 확인될 수 있었다.

Abstract

This study examined the relationships of subjective health, personality traits, happiness and death attitude with the Korean elderly(60-89years). ANOVA and trend analysis revealed elderly men, compared with elderly women, the sixties, compared with the eighties had better subjective health. And subjective health changes negatively with age. Also subjective health for the elderly women was more greatly influenced by background variables than for the elderly men. In relation to the personality traits and happiness, older adults with better subjective health tended to be more extraverted, optimistic, and happier than their counterparts. In addition, extraverted or optimistic older adults and older adults with good subjective health had more neutral acceptance of death. Path analysis suggested extraversion or optimism had influences indirectly through subjective health on happiness or death attitude as well as personality traits or subjective health directly on that.

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