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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.12.541

Mediating Effect of Sense of Loss and Depression on the Relationship between Discrimination Experiences and Suicidal Ideation of the Elderly  

Lee, Eun-A (Dept. of Social Welfare, SungKyul University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.12, 2021 , pp. 541-548 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed the path through which elderly discrimination experience, sense of loss, and depression lead to suicidal ideation by verifying the influence of elderly discrimination experience on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect sense of loss and depression. The subjects of the study were a 1:1 in-depth interview survey of 400 elderly people aged 65 or older using stratified sampling methods by region and type of 31 city, county, and district the elderly welfare welfare centers(10 locations) in Gyeonggi-do. As a result, a total of 360 samples were finally analyzed. It was verified through frequency analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, structural equation and bootstrapping analysis methods using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0. As a result of the study, first, it was found that the more the elderly experienced discrimination, the higher the suicidal ideation. Second, the effect of sense of loss was partially mediated on the effect of discrimination experience on suicidal ideation in the elderly. Third, the feeling of depression was found to play a partial mediating role between the experience of discrimination among the elderly and suicidal ideation. Based on the results of this study, policy and practical suggestions were made to alleviate the suicidal ideation of experiences of discrimination against the elderly and sense of loss and depression to prevent suicide among the elderly.
Keywords
Elderly discrimination experiences; Sense of loss; Depression; Suicidal ideation; Partial mediation;
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