This study was conducted to verify the mediating effects of the elderly's participation in lifelong education and life satisfaction on successful aging. To achieve this research purpose, the elderly's lifelong education was set as an independent varia...
This study was conducted to verify the mediating effects of the elderly's participation in lifelong education and life satisfaction on successful aging. To achieve this research purpose, the elderly's lifelong education was set as an independent variable, successful aging as a dependent variable, and life satisfaction as a mediating variable, and the SPSS Process Macro Model 4 suggested by Hayes was applied to conduct a mediating effect analysis. The results of the study showed that the perception of life in old age was more successful through the creation of an environment in which lifelong education learners could immerse themselves. This means that educational interventions are necessary to improve learning outcomes such as lifelong education for the elderly. The results of the analysis of this study are as follows. First, the elderly's participation in lifelong education was correlated with academic background and health status, and life satisfaction was significantly related to age, academic background, health status, and participation in lifelong education for the elderly. Second, the elderly's participation in lifelong education had a positive (+) effect on the elderly's successful aging. This result means that the higher the participation in lifelong education programs, the higher the level of successful aging. Third, learning immersion in the elderly's participation in lifelong education affected successful aging and life satisfaction.