노부의 성인자녀와의 결속도, 자아존중감, 심리적 손상간의 인과모형

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This study was designed to investigate causal relationships among related variables that determine psychological distress of aged fathers. In this study questionaires were used to measure solidarity between aged fathers and adult children, self-esteem, and psychological distress of aged fathers Subjects were 226 aged fathers who were aged over 60 and lived in K city. 208 answers were analyzed in the study. The data were analyzed by SAS and covarince structure analysis using PC-LISREL VI program. The results were as follows: it was found that pocketmoney and health had direct effects on objective solidarity, activity on subjective solidarity, education level and health on self-esteem, marital status and health on psychological distress between exogenous variables and endogenous variables. Among endogenous variables, objective solidarity had direct effects on subjective solidarity, subjective solidarity on self-esteem and psychological distress, and self-esteem on psychological distress, respectively. The effects of subjective solidarity were greater than those of objective soliderity in deciding psychological distess for aged fathers. The effects of self-esteem were verified, also. In summary, solidarity between aged fathers and adult children had direct effects on self-esteem and psychological distress. And self-esteem had direct effects on psychological distress of aged fathers.