This study aimed to examine the differences in individual characteristics, behaviors and special perception and emotions, health promoting behaviors, successful recognition of death, attitudes toward death according to the demographic characteristics ...
This study aimed to examine the differences in individual characteristics, behaviors and special perception and emotions, health promoting behaviors, successful recognition of death, attitudes toward death according to the demographic characteristics of the aged participating in living dance, and analyze the causalities among the individual characteristics, experiences and actions, and special perception and emotions, health promoting behaviors and successful recognition of aging and attitudes toward death. The subjects were the aged over 65 years old participating in living dance regularly, from whom 500 copies of data were collected through judgment sampling, and 434 copies were used for the final analysis. On the collected data, using SPSS 15.0 and AMOS 7.0, t-test, ANOVA, path analysis were carried out. The following conclusions were obtained through the analyses in the above processes:
First, there is no difference of the individual characteristics and experiences by demographic characteristics by the sex, allowance, education level, and event of participation of the aged participating in living dance.
Second, the perceived self-efficacy among behaviors, special perception, and emotion factors of the aged participating in living dance is high in females while social support in males. The perceived disorder by their allowances is higher in the group with less than 800,000 won than that with less than 1 million won while self-respect is highest in the group with more than 1 million won. Also, by their education level, the community environment is high in the group with more than college graduation while there is no difference in behaviors, special perception and emotions factors by the event of participation.
Third, for the health promoting behaviors of the aged participating in living dance, support for interpersonal relationship is higher in females than in males. By their allowance, the group with more than 1 million won has a high level of perception of responsibility for health while support for interpersonal relationship is highest in that with less than 300,000 won. Also, by their education level, nutrition factor is high in the group of middle school graduates while for support for interpersonal relationship factor, those of elementary and middle school graduates are high. In addition, the level of perception of support for interpersonal relationship is high in the groups participating Korean dance and aerobics.
Fourth, life competing self, active participation in life, and satisfaction with children among the successful recognition of aging factors of the aged participating in living dance are higher in females than in males. By their allowance, all factors except active participation in life factor, are highest in the group with more than 1 million won. In addition, the factor of active participation in life was high in the group of elementary school graduates while autonomous life, self-completing life, satisfaction with children, self-acceptance, and acceptance of others factors was high in the high level of education more than college graduates.
Fifth, anxiety about death among the attitudes toward death factors of the aged participating in living dance is higher in females than males while there is no difference in their attitudes toward death by their allowance, education level, the events of living dance.
Sixth, the perceived health condition of the aged participating in living dance affects perceived benefits, self-respect, and community environment positively among behaviors and special perception and emotions factors.
Seventh, the past health-related behaviors of the aged participating in living dance affect perceived benefits, perceived self-efficacy, self-respect, and community environment positively among behaviors and special perception and emotions factors while negatively their social support.
Eighth, the perceived benefits, self-respect, and community environment among behaviors and special perception and emotions factors affect health promoting behaviors of the aged participating in living dance positively.
Ninth, the health promoting behaviors of the aged participating in living dance affect their successful recognition of aging positively.
Tenth, the health promoting behaviors of the aged participating in living dance affect their attitudes toward death negatively.
Eleventh, the successful recognition of aging of the aged participating in living dance does not affect their attitudes toward death. The above results have been discussed based on the theoretical backgrounds on health promoting behaviors, successful aging, and attitudes toward death and the results of precedent studies.