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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.11.361

The Effects Elderly's Discrimination Experiences and Sense of Loss on Suicidal Ideation  

Lee, Eun-A (Department of Social Welfare, SungKyul University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.11, 2020 , pp. 361-371 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the path that the elderly discrimination experiences and sense of loss lead to suicidal ideation by verifying the influence of the elderly's discrimination experience on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect of sense of loss. To this end, questionnaire a survey was conducted on 400 elderly people aged 65 years or older who used 10 elderly welfare centers using stratified sampling of 31 cities, counties, and districts in Gyeonggi-do. Additionally, a total of 380 samples were finally analyzed excluding dishonest responses. As a result of the study, first, the more individual and social discrimination experiences, which are sub-factors of the elderly discrimination experience, increased suicidal ideation. Second, individual discrimination experiences were found to has a static effect on suicidal ideation through partial mediation of sense of loss. Third, the experience of social discrimination showed a static effect on suicidal ideation by perfect mediating the sense of loss. Therefore, it was found that the sense of loss acts as a risk factor for the elderly's suicidal ideation. Based on the research results, the urgent need for institutional supplementation to prevent the elderly's social discrimination experiences was suggested, and practical implications for preventing elderly suicide by resolving the sense of loss in the elderly welfare practice field were suggested.
Keywords
Differences between the elderly; Individual differences experience; Social differences experience; Sense of loss; Suicidal ideation;
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