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The effect of retirement anxiety of middle-aged office workers on the midlife crisis: The mediating effect of gratitude and moderated mediating effect of self-esteem

중년 직장인의 퇴직 불안이 중년위기감에 미치는 영향: 감사성향의 매개효과와 자아존중감의 조절된 매개효과

  • 우창미 (군장대학교 사회복지과) ;
  • 이창식 (한서대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2024.02.26
  • Accepted : 2024.03.28
  • Published : 2024.04.30
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Abstract

This study aims to provide basic data that can reduce middle-aged office workers' sense of mid-life crisis by investigating whether self-esteem moderates the effect of middle-aged office workers' retirement anxiety on their sense of mid-life crisis through gratitude. The survey subjects were 313 middle-aged office workers aged 40 to 65, and the data was analyzed using SPSS Win. Ver. 25 and SPSS PROCESS macro Ver. 4.1. Descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and moderated mediation effect analysis were applied. The research results are as follows. First, retirement anxiety showed a negative correlation with gratitude and self-esteem and a positive correlation with midlife crisis sense. Self-esteem played a moderated mediating role in buffering the effect of retirement anxiety on the midlife crisis sense through gratitude. It was confirmed that the gratitude and self- esteem of middle-aged office workers can be used as important variables that can act as protective factors when retirement anxiety increases the sense of mid-life crisis. Based on these results, when middle-aged office workers' anxiety about retirement hurts their sense of mid-life crisis, this study proposed a plan to prevent the sense of mid-life crisis by utilizing gratitude and self-esteem.

본 연구는 중년 직장인의 퇴직 불안이 감사성향을 경유하여 중년위기감에 미치는 영향을 자아존중감이 조절 매개하는지를 검증하여 중년 직장인의 중년위기감을 감소시킬 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하는 데 연구의 목적이 있다. 조사대상은 40~65세 중년층 직장인 313명이며, 자료는 SPSS Win. 25와 SPSS PROCESS macro 4.1을 활용하여 분석하였다. 기술통계 분석, 신뢰도 분석, 상관분석 및 조절된 매개효과 분석이 적용되었다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 퇴직 불안은 감사성향, 자아존중감과 부적 상관관계를 보였고, 중년위기감과는 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 자아존중감은 퇴직 불안이 감사성향을 경유하여 중년위기감에 미치는 영향을 완충시키는 조절된 매개역할을 하였다. 중년 직장인의 감사성향과 자아존중감은 퇴직 불안이 중년위기감을 증가시킬 때 보호요인으로 작용할 수 있는 중요한 변수로 활용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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