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http://dx.doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2016.34.4.157

The Effect of Resilience and Retirement Attitudes Perceived by Middle-aged Married Men on a Meaningful Life  

Oh, Yoonja (Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyung Hee University)
Yoon, Sinae (Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyung Hee University)
Oh, Eunji (Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Families and Better Life / v.34, no.4, 2016 , pp. 157-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of resilience and retirement attitudes perceived by middle-aged married men on a meaningful life, and provide basic data based on empirical research for reexamining meaningful lives of middle-aged married men. For the study, a survey was conducted with middle-aged men aged between 40 and 60 who were married with children and employed and live in Seoul or Gyeonggido. A total of 476 copies of data were analyzed. For the analysis, SPSS 20.0 was used to perform frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA, and the Duncan multiple range test and multiple regression analysis were performed. The result was as follows: First, Levels of resilience, retirement attitudes and meaningful life were moderate. Second, middle-aged married men had significant differences according to education, job, religion, Monthly family income, Wife's employment, marital status and Subjective health condition on meaningful life. third, middle-aged married men had an impact on resilience and retirement attitude on a meaningful life. In particular, the Affirmation of the resilience of the sub-region and the Transition to Old Age part of the retirement attitudes were significantly affected. Therefore, it is necessary to consider enough family support and social support for middle aged men.
Keywords
resilience; retirement; meaningful life; middle-aged married men;
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