재가노인의 사회적 지지와 삶의 만족도 = (The) social support of the homebound elderly and their life satisfaction

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This research is an attempt to support a theoretical basis on the counterplan of social welfare service for the homebound elderly and to propose fundamental materials in order to enhance the quality of their life by grasping both social supports and the level of life satisfaction among the homebound elderly in Cheongju.
The results obtained by this research are summarized as below.
First of all, as the structural aspects concerned, the main social supporters are in the order of social workers and volunteers (125 people, 53.6%), of family members (84 people, 36.1%) and of neighborhood (12 people, 5.2%). The period of relationship to the homebound elderly with main social supporters is predominantly over 10 years (93 people, 39.3%) and the largest number of the frequency of interaction are 100 people (47.2%) at daily occurrence. As the functional aspects concerned, the overall measures of each of part of social supports have a relatively high degree over the average as the following with full scale of 3; 2.515 of mental support, 2.551 of evaluation support, 2.408 of information support, 2.488 of device support, 2.490 of overall social support. However, the level measurement of life satisfaction showed value of 1.850 scales over 3 which is relatively low degree under the average.
Secondly, the survey of social support differences according to demographic characteristics showed that there were significant differences at the structural aspects such as main social supporters, duration of the relationship with them and the frequency of interaction with them according to whether or not they have children, and the living standard. At the functional aspects, there were not significant differences in social supports based on gender, academic background, are, religion, spouse, child and living standard, but there were significant differences in social supports based on state of health. That is, the better state of health caused the higher supports of evaluation, information and device.
Thirdly, the survey of level of life satisfaction according to demographic characteristics showed that there were significant differences in having a child or not and state of health. Therefore, from the aspects of level of life satisfaction according to having a child or not, the degree of level of life satisfaction at the condition of having a child showed a value of average 1.881 which is higher than later case, otherwise that degree at the condition of being health showed a value of 2.242.
Fourthly, the survey of correlation between structural social supports and life satisfaction showed that the relationship duration of the main social supporters and the frequency of interaction with them have a significant positive correlation with life satisfaction. At the functional aspects, the all kinds of following supports showed a significant positive correlation with life satisfaction: mental, information, evaluation, device and overall social supports. The survey of correlation degree tells us that there is a significant relationship which has a order of overall social supports (r = 0.409), mental supports(r = 0.395), information supports (r = 0.384), device supports (r = 0.347), evaluation supports (r = 0.346)
Fifthly, the result of regression analysis of social supports' partial variables which have influences on life satisfaction showed that both the relationship duration io main social supporters and frequency of interaction with them have significant influences on life satisfaction. Also they accounts for 14.3% of life satisfaction. At the functional aspects, the mental supports (= 0.247) and information supports ( = 0.212) have significant influences on life satis(action and overall social supports accounts for 18.0%.
The above correlation showed that all kinds of supports as tile followings have significant relationship to life satisfaction: mental, information, device and evaluation, however the result of regression analysis showed that only mental and information supports have influences on life satisfaction. The reason is that multicolinearity has occurred owing to the high Bevel of correlation among partial social supports.
From what has been studied above, the conclusion is drawn that the social support of the homebound elderly is a major factor influencing life satisfaction. Thus, from this research, the expansion of social support network for the homebound elderly can be a counterplan of social welfare service to enhance the quality of their life and to able them to spend a stable life.
The conclusion of this research will be drawn discussing several implicated meaning concerning to these research results.
To begin with, all kinds of supports as the followings were shown to have influences on the level of life satisfaction: mental, information, device and evaluation, particularly mental and information supports have much higher influences on the level of life satisfaction. This can be interpreted that it is necessary for the psychological social service to be served so as to enhance the quality of life satisfaction of the homebound elderly. Consequently, mental supports of warm-hearted social worker and information provision service needed for elderly life give them more feeling of satisfaction for their lives. Therefore, as welfare service for their sake concerned, it is imperative that the connection between respect of mental and information support enforce and professional intervention of warm-hearted social worker be employed.
Secondly, the percentage 53.6 of survey objects regards social supporters as social workers, home volunteers and volunteers. Also this survey showed that the duration of relation and frequency of interactions have influences on the level of life satisfaction. Therefore, persistent and continuing service should by supported for survey objects. As well, the social workers, home volunteers and volunteers whose survey objects regard them as main social supporters should have a program particularly designed for themselves in order to have eagerness and commitment for their duties.
Thirdly, the analysis result of the degree of social supports shows that the better state of health causes the higher supports of evaluation, device and information. Also this indicates that in case of the homebound elderly at the bad state of health, the supports are more highly demanded, nevertheless, they are still aware of themselves not well supported. Accordingly, this means that the truly desired will by the homebound elderly who have much more demands of social supports are not well supported. Thus, the authorities in charge of welfare service for the homebound elderly have obligations to provide services more focused on consumer origin targeting for those homebound elderly at the bad state of health who need more social services.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목차 = ⅰ
• Ⅰ. 서론 = 1
• 1. 문제제기 및 연구목적 = 1
• 2. 연구문제 및 논문의 구성 = 3
• 3. 연구의 제한점 = 4
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 = 5
• 1. 재가노인복지 서비스의 필요성 및 연혁 = 5
• 2. 재가노인의 사회적 지지 = 11
• 3. 재가노인의 삶의 만족도 = 20
• 4. 선행연구 고찰 = 23
• Ⅲ. 조사방법 = 25
• 1. 조사대상 및 자료수집 방법 = 25
• 2. 조사도구 = 25
• 3. 조사내용 = 27
• 4. 자료분석 방법 = 27
• Ⅳ. 조사결과 및 분석 = 29
• 1. 조사대상자의 인구통계학적 특성 = 29
• 2. 사회적 지지와 삶의 만족도 = 31
• 3. 인구통계학적 특성에 따른 사회적 지지의 차이 = 35
• 4. 인구통계학적 특성에 따른 삶의 만족도의 차이 = 51
• 5. 사회적 지지와 삶의 만족도의 상관관계 = 55
• 6. 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 사회적 지지의 영역별 변인분석 = 57
• Ⅴ. 요약 및 결론 = 59
• 참고문헌 = 64
• ABSTRACT = 68
• 설문지 = 73