• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.133-148
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• 2024

The purpose of this study was to verify the influence of stress upon life satisfaction and the mediating effects of leisure activities participation in terms of this relationship. The results of this study are as follows. First, out of the elderly stress, the family stress, economic stress and health issues stress had a significant negative effect on life satisfaction. Second, out of the elderly stress, the family stress, economic stress and health issues stress had a significant negative effect on leisure activities participation. Third, the leisure activities participation had a meaningful positive impact on life satisfaction. Lastly, the leisure activities participation appeared to have a significant mediation effect in the influential relationship between elderly stress and life satisfaction. Through the results of this study, the leisure activities participation was indicated to mediate the influential relationship between elderly stress and life satisfaction, thereby having been able to be confirmed significance as alternative resource. Hence, the elderly's leisure activities participation alleviates a negative impact on stress, thereby seeming to be likely capable of being used as an intervention measure to improve elderly people's life satisfaction.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.49-63
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• 2013

This study is conducted to activate the education of leisure activity for the old age so as to improve the qualities of the lives in the prolonged elderly lives. The method is examined to see how the level and types of leisure activities and life satisfaction for elderly. The target of the survey for this study was the 280 male and female elderly living in S city and C city. the statistics used for data analysis were reliability, frequency, percentage, mean standard deviation, t-test, one way ANOVA and correlation. The results of study were as follow; First, the result investigating the degrees of old people's participation in the pattern of leisure activities and life satisfaction showed pastime activities and family centered activities as the most participating leisure activity pattern, self developing activities and religious social service activities as the least participating one. Second, in comprehensive social demographic characteristic of the elderly participating in the leisure activities pattern, it was shown that the higher their level of lives was, the better their family atmosphere was, the healthier they were, they participated more in their leisure activities. Third, when the life satisfaction were reviewed to find what relation there were according to the pattern of leisure activities, it was shown that the more they participated in recreation and social activities, the more they participated in self developing activities, the more they participated in family centered activities, their life satisfaction was higher. and the old people who did the pastime activities showed high life satisfaction too. Considering this result, we need to develop systematic programs suited to our culture. In addition, Home Economics Education has to support the ideas and leisure experts have to be cultivated.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.295-300
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• 2008

This study identifies the effect of community sports activities of senior on leisurely satisfaction to present basic information for active participation of senior in daily sports activities for enhanced satisfaction of senior and heir families. As a result, this study found that there is a significant difference between senior who participated in the activities and those who did not, and participation in daily sports activities has partial effect on leisurely satisfaction. Based on the conclusion above, this study suggests that degree of participation as well as participation in daily sports activities enhances leisure satisfaction of senior and their families. Therefore, to enhance the living quality of senior people, we need a discussion on development of a model based on effective daily sports activation plan.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.45-54
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• 2020

Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among cognitive function, activities of daily living (ADL), participation and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly. Methods : Cognitive function, ADL, participation and quality of life were assessed in the 144 elderly people residing in the community. We used MMSE-K for measuring cognitive function, K-ADL for ADL, K-ACS for participation, and GQOL for quality of life. Results : Cognitive function was significantly correlated with social activity of participation and quality of life (physical health, psychological health, social relations and economic level). ADL was significantly correlated with participation (instrumental ADL, leisure activity) and all sub-areas of quality of life. Social activity of participation were significantly correlated with all subarea of quality of life except physical health. Among the variables, the most relevant variable was leisure activity. Conclusion : It was related to quality of life in the order of participation, ADL, and cognitive function. Among the sub-areas of participation, leisure activity was the most correlated with quality of life. This study, thus, aimed to provide basic data for successful elderly life by examining the correlation between cognitive function, daily life activity, participation and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly.

• 한국노년학
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.443-458
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• 2020

Aim: This study investigated the association between leisure activities and cognitive impairment in Korean community-dwelling older adults. Methods: Among participants of the 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans, 10,055 (male=4,277, female=5,778) were included in this cross-sectional study. To better identify the association between late-life cognition and leisure activities, individual leisure activities were categorized into 3 types including productive, consumptive, and unclassified activities. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between participation in leisure activities and cognitive impairment when controlling for possible covariates evidenced by previous studies. Results: Male participants were more likely to be cognitively impaired than female ones with significant differences in all the covariates. After controlling for confounding variables, involvement in productive leisure activities was found to be associated with cognitive function in both male and female groups, along with age, educational level, depressive symptoms, subjective hearing problems, and occupational status. Conclusion: Involvement in productive leisure activities might be associated with decreased risk of cognitive impairment in later life. Appropriate strategies to encourage older adults to participate in productive leisure activities should be established to help them maintain their cognitive function.

• 한국정책학회보
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.277-300
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• 2012

This paper empirically analyses patterns of time allocation of the elderly, examining economic participation and volunteer work or social activities under the assumption that such activities have positive effects not only on the individuals and on the local communities but also on the society as a whole. As the result of descriptive analysis on the Korean Time Use Survey 1999, 2004 and 2009, the adults aged 60 to 64 years decrease time for paid work rapidly while increase time for passive leisure comparably slowly. In terms of time for active leisure, they devote less time to volunteer work and social activities, however, more time to self-centered activities such as education, cultural events, sport and fitness, and religious work. The overall pattern of decrease in time on economic or social participation for the elderly appeared be more significant in the birth cohorts of the early 1940s than those born in the late 1930s. The analysis implies that it is necessary for the government to encourage them to participate in community activities, either economic or social, with necessary policy responses. The result of the Tobit analysis on the dependent variables of each type of the 6 leisure activities demonstrated the self-centered active leisure time has increased over the last decaseds, whose pattern appeared to be more strengthened when the proportion of the elderly with higher education has increased.

• The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.47-56
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• 2019

Objectives : This study was to compare the level of activity participation(instrumental activities, leisure activities, and social activities of living) and quality of life for elderly people with and without stroke, and to analyze the correlation between the level of activity participation and quality of life in their scores on measures. Methods : The Korean Activity Card Sort(K-ACS) was conducted among 25 elderly people with stroke and 25 elderly people without stroke living in Busan, and their level of activity participation and quality of life were evaluated using the The Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey(SF-36). Results : Elderly people with and without stroke both showed a significant difference in the retained level of activity participation, instrumental activities of daily living, leisure activities, social activities, and the SF-36 score. The scores of the elderly people with stroke for the retained level of activity participation and instrumental activities of daily living in the Korean Activity Card Sort had a significant correlation with the SF-36 score, whereas leisure activities and social activities did not show a significant correlation with the SF-36 score. Among the elderly people without stroke, there was a significant correlation between scores for the retained level of activity participation, leisure activities, and social activities of living in the Korean Activity Card Sort and the SF-36 score, but there was no significant correlation between instrumental activities of daily living and the SF-36 score. Conclusion : The level of activity participation and quality of life could be considered to correlate with one another, and an intervention to improve the activity participation of elderly people with stroke would help to enhance their quality of life.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.131-143
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• 1999

This study was attempted to find the mutual relationship between leisure activities and life satisfaction by the aged persons in a rural area. The data was obtained by interview with questionnaire and the data from 209 persons aged over 65, residing in Dohwa-myeon and Podu-myeon, Koheung-kun, Chollanam-do were analysed. The survey was carried out from Feb. 16th to May 3rd in 1998 and the results are as follows: 1. The survey showed that the major leisure activities were TV watching followed by talking with friends, club activities, taking a walk, visiting friends' or relatives' home and breeding domestic animals. 2. The types of leisure activities were classified into 8 patterns as active self-enlightenment, passive self-enlightenment, temporal amusements, passive self-activities, cozy introspective activities, friend oriented activities, family oriented activities and religious activities. Among the above 8 patterns active self-enlightenment type contributed most to the life satisfaction. 3. The major factors affecting leisure activities were sex, age, average income, religion and educational status. And the major factors affecting life satisfaction were sex, age average income, educational status and a state of health. In conclusion the more the aged persons participated in leisure activities, the better they felt life satisfaction.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.536-548
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• 2017

This study aimed to investigate the effect of leisure satisfaction on psychological wellbeing. The study conducted a survey of people aged 65 and over from five seniors welfare center located in Seoul and Gyeonggi area. The results were as follows. First, the leisure satisfaction by demographic characteristic had shown significantly difference partially in gender, education level, and leisure types. Second, the psychological wellbeing by demographic characteristic had shown significantly difference partially in gender, age, and education level. Third, the leisure satisfaction had a significant effect on the psychological wellbeing partially and it was confirmed that the leisure satisfaction was a mightily important factor to increase psychological wellbeing and Quality of Life.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.234-243
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• 2008

The aim of this study was to provide the way of activation plans of leisure activities for older people through the current status and problems in welfare center for the elderly in Korea. Various social phenomena and issues have been found to occur in rapidly social-structure changes and urban civilization. Especially, processing an aging society for no preparation is one of the broader question of our country. Developing the scientific and civilization lengthening our span of life is given more leisure time than past. Unfortunately, older people could not independently stand for in their leisure, if society does not support for them. It means that they might feel the enough time to monotone life, depression and a sense of alienation. The following ideas would be expressed to the way of activation plans of elderly leisure. First, the elderly leisure facilities for leisure and publicity activities should be supplemented or strengthened. Second simple entertainment-oriented programs in the physical and psychology learning to adapt for them should be obtained through leisure activities for older people. Third, more senior recreation specialists or therapists should be educated for leisure activities. Fourth, the concept of leisure in older people's idea should be changed through the education. Fifth, people who work in the welfare center for the elderly should develop the leisure programs or activities for older people. Last the new culture of leisure concept should be constructed in our society between the two and three generation for sharing and participating the leisure.