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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2020.25.02.163

Influences of Self-Esteem and Loneliness on Subjective Well-being of Middle-aged Women  

Cha, Eun-Jeong (Dept. of Nursing, The University of Suwon)
Lee, Soon-Hee (Dept. of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation)
Abstract
In this paper, we purpose to describe the relationship and influencing factors among self-esteem, loneliness on subjective well-being of middle-aged women. The subjects were 157 middle-aged women through convenience sampling residing in S city, C and three G provinces. The data were collected from June 15th to July 31st, 2019. The data were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 22.0. The result showed self-esteem, loneliness on subjective well-being averaged 31.39(out of 40), 35.37(out of 80), 5.03(out of 7). In term of correlations, subjective well-being of middle-aged women was significantly positively correlated with self-esteem (r=.581, p<.001), and significantly negatively related with loneliness (r =-.621, p<.001)). Variables affecting subjective well-being were self-esteem (β=.324 p<.001), loneliness(β=-.424, p<.001). These variables represented 44.5% of the subject's subjective well-being. These results suggest that development of a intervention program is needed to lowers loneliness and increases self-esteem in order to increase the subjective well-being of middle-aged women.
Keywords
Subjective Well-being; Self-esteem; Loneliness; Middle-aged Women;
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