This Study aims to investigate the correlation between leisure experience
during the middle and prime of life and present leisure activity. The main
purpose of this study is to examine the influence of leisure experience and
activity on successful agi...
This Study aims to investigate the correlation between leisure experience
during the middle and prime of life and present leisure activity. The main
purpose of this study is to examine the influence of leisure experience and
activity on successful aging according to individual or group activities in the past. Therefore factors of successful aging were classified by
demographic and social features, the household characteristics,
characteristics of leisure activity and each factor was investigated how it
takes effect on successful aging.
For the purpose of this study, the following questions were presented.
(1) Is there a significant difference on successful aging according to Senior
citizen's demographic factors(gender, age, educational level, health status,
religion)?
(2) Is there a significant difference on successful aging according to Senior
citizen's household characteristics(spouse existence, type of household, level
of income)?
(3) Is there a significant difference on successful aging according to
characteristics of Senior citizen's leisure activity(frequency of leisure
activities, leisure activity's continuity)?
(4) What are the factors that take effect on successful aging?
176 senior citizen in daejeon's social welfare institutions, club houses, and
all kinds of communities were sampled and interviewed individually. The
research survey was conducted on 148 senior citizen except the
respondents who are under age 60 or answer unfaithfully. Data analysis
was carried out using SPSS 14.0 program. Frequency analysis, technical
statistics, correlation analysis, t-test, ANOVA, multiple linear regression
analysis were conducted. Summary of analysis results are as follows.
First, among sub-factors of demographical factors, age, educational level,
and health status were statistically significant variables affecting on
successful aging.
Second, as sub-factors of the household characteristics factors, spouse
existence, type of household, level of income were variables that affect
successful aging. Elderly people with spouse and bereaved people had
experience successful aging rather than divorced elderly people. Senior
citizen with children and grandchildren got higher scores at successful
aging than the solitary elderly took. The higher income of senior citizen
were, the better the scores of successful aging were.
Third, as a sub-factors of the characteristics of Senior citizen's leisure
activity affecting on successful aging, frequency of leisure activity and
leisure activity's continuity had significant difference. Senior citizen who do
a lot of leisure activities and do leisure activities for a long time succeeded
in healthy aging. To find out the factors affecting on successful aging, hierarchical
regression analysis was examined. The dependent variable was the score
of successful aging. The independent variables were demographic and
social features, the household characteristics, characteristics of leisure
activity. According to the regression analysis, health status, leisure
activity's continuity, social and cultural activity in senescence,
family-centered activity, socializing activity were key factors affecting
significantly on successful aging. Comparing the relative influence, activities for friendly relation in senescence influenced highly in successful
aging. The other factors were health status, social and cultural activity in
senescence, leisure activity's continuity, family-centered activity in
senescence and the factors were listed in order according to the influence
of the factors on successful aging.
The result indicated that leisure experience, type of leisure activity,
frequency of leisure activities, leisure activity's continuity in elderly were
important factors among the factors affecting on successful aging.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
successful aging and socio-demographic factors and household
characteristics that was proved individual relevance through antecedent
studies. Previous studies limited the factor as leisure experience. On the
other hand, this study examined that type of leisure activity, frequency of
leisure activity, leisure activity's continuity were important factors affecting on successful aging.
From these research results, middle-aged generation's action plan for
successful aging in senescent time was presented. Also, this study would
be help senior welfare practitioners or experts develop senior welfare
programs and make senior welfare policy. And then this study could be
present fundamental data about practice intervention of social welfare on
successful aging.