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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.10.9

The Effects of Welfare Services Experience by the Low-Income Seniors on the Satisfaction of Life - Focusing on Mediating Effects of Family Conflicts and Depression -  

An, Eun-Sun (Welfare Administration, Gachon Unversity)
Song, Soon-Man (Eulji Unversity Addiction rehabilitation Welfare Department)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.10, 2017 , pp. 9-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of welfare services experience by the low-income seniors on the satisfaction of life focusing on mediating effects of family conflicts and depression. For this, was used 11th date (2016) of Korean Welfare Panel. And the SPSS WIN 19.0 program was used to verify the characteristics and correlation of variables related to life satisfaction and hierarchical regression analysis. The subjects were 675 seniors aged 65 and over that had experience of using welfare service. The results are as follows. First, the seniors' welfare service usage experience had a positive effect on their satisfaction of life. Second, the seniors' use of welfare services affects the satisfaction of life that had partially mediating effect on family conflicts. Third, the seniors' experience of using welfare services affects the satisfaction of life that had partially mediating effect on depression. As a result, seniors' welfare service was practically improved in quality. The necessity of social welfare policy and development of various programs that can improve the satisfaction of life by alleviating family conflict and depression was suggested.
Keywords
Welfare service experience for the seniors; Life satisfaction; Family conflict; Depression; Mediating Effect;
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