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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.8.247

The Mediating Effect of Locus of Control Between Materialism and Well-being of Middle-aged woman  

Choi, Taesun (Dept. of Counselling, Daegu University)
Choi, Woongyong (Dept. of Industry Welfare, Daegu University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.8, 2020 , pp. 247-256 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to verify the mediating effect of locus of control on the relationship between materialism and well-being of middle-aged woman. For the study, the survey of 239 middle-aged women in B, C, D city was used. As a scale, a Richins & Dawson(1992)'s widely-used materialism scale, the Levenson(1981)'s locus of scale, Watson, Clark & Tellegen(1988)'s positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) and Ryff(1989)'s psychological well-being scale(PWBS) were used. The survey data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, reliability, correlation and the mediating effect was verified by Baron & Kenny (1986)'s 3 step using SPSS 23 and sobel test. Mediating analysis indicated that the significant relationships between materialism and affective well-being and psychological well-being were reduced significantly when the external locus of control was statistically controlled. Results are meaningful with respect to overcome materialism of middle-aged woman and in the relation to other research that has explored reasons why materialism is related to lower level of affective well-being & psychological well-being.
Keywords
Materialism; Locus of control; Affective well-being; Psychological well-being; Middle-aged woman;
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