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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2020.10.04.115

A Study on Paid Work and the Interpersonal Relationships of the Poor Elderly: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy  

Kang, Mihee (The Faculty of Smart Lifelong Convergence, Sungwoon C. University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.10, no.4, 2020 , pp. 115-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate how paid work affects self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships among the poor elderly. In addition, this study analyzes to measure the psychological and social effectiveness that can be obtained through paid work in poor life. This survey was conducted for poor elderly people in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do on the assumption that the quality of paid work would positive affect the interpersonal relationships of the poor elderly, and that the self-efficiency would play a mediating role between the quality of paid work and their interpersonal relations. The final sample of 165 of them was selected and analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the quality of paid work was analyzed to have a significant effect on the interpersonal relationship of the poor elderly, and the mediating effect of self-efficacy was also confirmed. Based on the results of these studies, the need for a policy to improve the quality of paid work for the elderly and practical measures to improve the self-efficacy of the elderly in the social welfare field were proposed.
Keywords
Paid work; Poor elderly; Self-efficacy; Interpersonal relationship; Mediating effect;
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