노인의 사회활동 참여가 죽음에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 = The effect of older adults' social engagement on attitude toward death

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to help improve the quality of later life of the older person by guiding his participation in the social activity and re-evaluating his life, as a way of living a fruitful and healthy later life. The subjects are 150 older adults who were recruited from Korean Old Age Society of Busan bukgu branch (over 65 year), a health care center , two settlement houses. The 150 questionaire papers are sent and 140 papers are answered. The materials collected to analyze this study are operated through SPSS　win 15.0 statistics program and estimated with descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA and correlation analysis. Result : First, two aspects-the positive attitude and negative attitude about death-are measured. the former score rates average 7.78, the latter one, average 6.37. Second, the attitude toward death in the elderly has no similar relation with sex, age, ducational level, economic status, personal health conditi
on, religion and the existence of spouse in respect to statistics. Third, among the older adults social engagement, the role as a group member is shown minus relation(p<.05), comparing the positive attitude with his attitude toward death. Conclusion : The significance of this study is that it deals with the older adult`s social engagement and the attitude toward death. this imperative to help the older adult reflect his life and improve his present life. How to live the rest of his life, how to prepare his last and how to face it are very important to make his present life qualified and well-done.