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The Effect of Social Relationship Satisfaction on Subjective Happiness of Middle-Aged Single-Person Households in Low-Income Families: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Depression and Gender Differences

저소득층 중·장년 1인 가구의 사회적 관계 만족도가 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향: 우울감의 매개효과 및 성별 차이를 중심으로

  • Su-Yeol Yoo (Dept. of Social Welfare Administraion, General Graduate School, Hansei University) ;
  • Ouk-Sun Cho (Graduate School of Social Welfare Administraion, Hansei University)
  • 유수열 (한세대학교 일반대학원 사회복지학과) ;
  • 조옥선 (한세대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2023.07.25
  • Accepted : 2023.09.20
  • Published : 2023.09.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of social relations satisfaction of low-income middle-aged and elderly single-person households on individual subjective happiness and to verify the mediating effect of depression and gender control to provide basic data for the development of related policies and programs. The SPSS WIN 25.0 program used frequency analysis, technical statistics analysis, correlation analysis, and PROCESS MACRO Model Number 4 to verify the mediating effect of 482 middle-aged singleperson households extracted using the "17th Korea Welfare Panel in 2022" survey data. In addition, the control effect was verified using PROCESS MACRO Model Number 1. The results of the study first showed that social relationship satisfaction after controlling demographic characteristics had a positive effect on subjective happiness. Second, it was found that depression had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between social relationship satisfaction and subjective happiness. Third, it was found that the higher the satisfaction level of social relationships among women than men, the greater the sense of happiness. Through this study, it is meaningful in that it identified the meaning of social relationships of middle-aged and elderly single-person households and presented practical implications so that they can be used as basic data for policy support measures.

본 연구는 저소득층 중·장년 1인 가구의 사회적 관계 만족도가 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 우울감의 매개효과와 성별의 조절효과를 검증하여 관련 정책과 프로그램 개발에 기초자료를 제공하는 것을 목적으로 수행되었다. 조사 대상자는 한국복지패널 17차 데이터에서 저소득층 중장년 1인가구 482명을 추출하였다. 분석방법은 SPSS WIN 25.0 프로그램을 통해 빈도분석, 기술통계분석, 상관분석 및 PROCESS MACRO Model Number 1과 4를 활용하여 조절효과 및 매개 효과를 검증하였다. 연구결과, 첫째, 사회적 관계 만족도는 주관적 행복감에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 사회적 관계 만족도와 주관적 행복감과의 관계에서 우울감이 부분 매개하였다. 셋째, 사회적 관계 만족도와 행복감의 관계에서 성별에 따라 차이를 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 저소득층 중·장년 1인 가구의 주관적 행복감 갖는 의미를 파악하고 정책적 지원 방안의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있도록 실천적 함의를 제시하였다는 점에서 의의를 갖는다.

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