노인의 종교성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 = Determinants of the Religiosity among the Elderly

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to examine demographic factors and psychosocial factors as variables that might influence the religiosity(organizational, private, and subjective religiosity) of the elderly living in and around Seoul and to identify any interactions these variables might have. Data were collected from 319 older people over 60 using Gyungrodangs, churches, and senior welfare centers. The results we re as following: 1) The average points from a 8-point-scale for the organizational and private religiosity were 4.21(SD=3.05) and 4.56(SD=3.13) and the average point from a 4-point-scale for the subjective religiosity was 2.83(SD=.98). 2) The results of Hierarchical regression analysis showed that participants` depression, sex, social support, and educational background have a significant effect on the organizational religiosity, participants` depression, educational background, sex, social support, and living standard have a significant effect on the private religiosity, and participants` depression, sex, educational background, social support, and living standard have a significant effect on the subjective religiosity. Based on these findings, the implications and limitations are discussed.