The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of social support on mental health, leisure satisfaction, self-respect in the elderly who trained Taekwondo. Modern society has already approached to an aging society with economical development, m...
The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of social support on mental health, leisure satisfaction, self-respect in the elderly who trained Taekwondo. Modern society has already approached to an aging society with economical development, medical development, improvement of health establishment and improvement of nutritive conditions. Owing to these factors, they cause side effects in physical and psychological to the elderly. The study started with furnishing information which can improve life of the old in quality and spend a time healthy during old age through Taekwondo training.
For the study, the 388 old people, who are training Taekwondo, were chosen from Taekwondo gymnasiums, a public health centers and a welfare centers that provide Taekwondo programs to the old in the metropolitan area and Kyung-gi province including Seoul. As the statistical method for execution such process statistical package program SPSS(Version. 12.0) and AMOS(Version. 7) were used. One-way ANOVA was used for the verification of recognition differences of each variable in Taekwondo training to the old. It was conducted with multiple regression analysis in order to search influence degree of mental health, leisure satisfaction, self respect, social support in the Taekwondo trained elderly. SEM(structural equation modeling) model was made use of finding out causal relation on social support, leisure satisfaction, self-respect and mental health in the Taekwondo trained elderly.
A synopsis of the analysis and conclusions of this study are as follows:
First, there was significantly difference in terms of paranoia by monthly allowance and also there were significantly difference in terms of mental support and environmental satisfaction by gender.
Depressive disorder appears to be different according to the training period and paranoia shows significantly differences according to intensity of Taekwondo training.
Second, there is static correlation between social support, self-respect, leisure satisfaction and factors of mental health, but not with physical support, healthy body, popularity, and paranoia relation. Third, it was found that social support of the old trained Taekwondo has a significant effect on self-respect.
Fourth, it was found that social support of Taekwondo trained old people has a significantly effected on leisure satisfaction.
Fifth, social support of the old trained Taekwondo has no significant effect on mental health. However, as result of regression analysis, mental support, which is one of the sub-factors in social support, has a significant effected on mental health.
Sixth, self respect significantly effected on leisure satisfaction in Taekwondo trained elderly.
Seventh, self respect significantly effected on mental health in Taekwondo trained elderly.
In conclusion, we can see that the practice of Taekwondo helps old people to develop their self identity and mental health. Furthermore, it can enhance satisfaction toward their use of leasure time. Also, this use of leisure time can help decrease the negative affects that can cause harms to their mental health. Thus, practicing Taekwondo in old age, grants sense of stability toward both physical and mental health of elderly. Now, the Taekwondo is practiced by many kindergarten and elementary school students. However, the society should make elder people to access Taekwondo more easily than before. For that, the masters of Taekwondo should develop programs and leaders who can make elder people to get familiar with Taekwondo. Also local governments and groups of various government must make the Taekwondo gymnasium to be utilized in many ways to improve the overall health status of their citizens.