경로당 이용 노인의 특성이 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 영향 - 우울감 매개효과 중심으로 - = The Effect of the Traits of Elderly People in Senior Citizen Center on Psychological Well-being - Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Depression -

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was conducted to seek ways to promote the psychological well-being of elderly people using senior citizen center. The traits of elderly people in the senior center and depression were set as variables. 652 people using the senior center in rural areas were surveyed and the results are as follows.
First, the factor of psychological emotion, family relations, and economic status had a negative effect on depression as the effect of the traits of elderly people in the senior center on depression. Based on this result, it is needed to find out how to improve the factor of psychological emotion, family relations, and economic status rather than physical health status and social relations in order to reduce depression of elderly people.
Second, the factor of psychological emotion, family relations, social relations, and economic status had a positive effect on psychological well-being as the effect of the traits of elderly people in the senior center on psychological well-being. Therefore, it suggests that it is more effective to improve the factor of psychological emotion, family relations, social relations, and economic status rather than physical health status in order to improve the psychological well-being of elderly people.
Third, depression of the elderly people in the senior center had a negative effect on psychological well-being. Namely, it is needed to find ways to reduce depression of elderly people to improve the psychological well-being of them.
Finally, depression had mediating effect in the influence of the traits of elderly people in the senior center on psychological well-being. In other words, we can find out that the traits of elderly people not only have the direct effect on the psychological well-being of them but depression also influences on the psychological well-being of the elders. Therefore, it is needed to find ways to improve the traits of the elders and depression simultaneously to promote the psychological well-being of elderly people.