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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2021.35.4.424

The Effect of Forest Healing Program on Resilience and Depression of Baby Boomer Retirees  

Sim, Nam-Seob (Graduate Department of forest Therapy Chungbuk National Univ.)
Shin, Chang-Seob (Forestry, Graduate School, Chungbuk National Univ.)
Shin, Min-ja (Graduate Department of forest Therapy Chungbuk National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.35, no.4, 2021 , pp. 424-434 More about this Journal
Abstract
People who face retirement in aging society experience changes in resilience and psychological depression. As the baby boomer generation, which has played a central role in Korea's economic and social sectors, begins retiring, interest in their post-retirement lives has also increased. Thus, this study investigates the effects of a forest healing program using forest healing factors of ecological forests on the resilience and depression of baby-boomer retirees. This experiment divided 58 subjects in the baby boomer generation into three groups and examined differences among the groups. The result showed that the subjects in the forest healing program group (FHPG) had a very significant increase in resilience and a statistically significant decrease in depression compared to those in the forest healing program non-participation group (FHNG) and the daily life group (DLG). Therefore, it can be said participating in the forest healing program is more effective for retirees than voluntary forest activities. The results of this study can be used as basic data for research on the resilience and depression of retirees.
Keywords
ECOLOGICAL FOREST; AGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPRESSION; FOREST ACTIVITY;
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