• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.276-286
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was done to examine actor and partner effect of dementia knowledge, self-efficacy and depression on dementia preventive behavior in elderly couples. Methods: Participants were 115 couples aged 60 years or over who met eligibility criteria. All measures were self-administered. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0 program. Results: Dementia knowledge in elderly couples showed actor and partner effect on dementia preventive behavior. Self-efficacy in the wife did not have direct effects on dementia preventive behavior, but showed indirect effects through dementia knowledge. Self-efficacy in the husband showed direct effects on dementia preventive behavior and indirect effects through dementia knowledge. Wife's depression had direct actor effect on dementia preventive behavior and indirect effect through self-efficacy and dementia knowledge. Husband's depression did not have direct actor effect on dementia preventive behavior, but indirect effect through self-efficacy and dementia knowledge. Effect size of wives' dementia knowledge, self-efficacy and depression on dementia preventive behavior was larger than that of husbands'. Dementia preventive behavior, dementia knowledge and depression had a mutual effect. Conclusion: Results indicate that to promote dementia preventive activity in elderly couples, programs should be conducted for both of the couple, but focused differently for wife and husband.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2023

In this paper, we examine the roles, mutual relationships, and guidelines for a healthy life as exemplified by the characters Santiago and Manolin in Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" and use this content to compare the happy home life of elderly couples in Korea. Through a metaphorical exploration of the lives of elderly husbands and wives in Korean society, the study examines their significance as the core of the family, particularly during their senior years. Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" portrays Santiago as a unique embodiment of virtue and humanity. As an elderly male fisherman, he symbolizes a profound connection with the sea, as well as qualities such as courage, patience, and unwavering passion. His story underscores the importance of pursuing new goals and maintaining hope even in old age. The relationship between Santiago and Manolin provides insights into the dynamics of elderly husbands and wives in their domestic lives. Manolin's unwavering support for Santiago and his understanding of Santiago's dreams exemplify the significance of mutual support and the establishment of common goals for elderly couples. These characters serve as exemplary models for understanding and supporting one another within a family setting. Within the context of family life, applying these exemplary models and relationship dynamics fosters mutual respect, collaboration, emotional expression, and effective communication. Supporting each other and working towards common goals can enhance the family atmosphere, resolve conflicts, and enrich domestic life. Furthermore, when elderly couples share common goals and enjoy activities together, they strengthen their bond and create a more fulfilling family life. These shared activities deepen the affection between elderly husbands and wives and contribute to a thriving household. Through the characters of Santiago and Manolin in "The Old Man and the Sea," we present in this study a deeper understanding of the values and roles within the domestic lives and affection of elderly husbands and wives. Mutual respect, collaboration, emotional expression, communication, mutual support, common goals, hope, and shared domestic activities all play pivotal roles in maintaining a healthy family life and establishing happiness and well-being within the family. We expect this study to offer valuable insights into the fields of family studies, elderly welfare, and sociology.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.765-791
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• 2011

This study researched 199 elderly couples (389 people) who live in sixteen districts and cities of Chungcheong nam-do. Purpose of this study; First, observing difference of elderly husbands and wives' intimacy and care giving consciousness. Second, understanding how couples' marital intimacy affects on partner care giving consciousness. Research result; First, sexual intimacy of husbands was higher than wives' and economical care giving consciousness of husbands was higher than wives'. Second, elderly husbands and wives' intimacy was a meaningful factor on care giving consciousness, especially effect from cognitive intimacy was the most influential factor. Third, husbands' care giving consciousness was only affected by their own intimacy. But in case of wives, not only their intimacy but also husbands' intimacy affected on their care giving consciousness.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2013

This study examined the relationship between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom among the middle-aged and elderly couples, using dataset of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing(KLoSA). The subjects were 6,652 persons aged 45 and over who were living with their spouse. A multiple regression model was used to study an association between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom, controlling for socio-economic characteristics, health status and behavior, and social support. Also, this paper run three subgroup regression models based on age of subjects (45~54, 55~64, 65 and over), controlling for confounding variables. Authors found that there was negative relationship between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom (b=-0.022, p<0.0001). This negative relationship was also shown in three subgroup regression models. This study suggested the importance of spouse support for promoting mental health among the middle-aged and elderly couples.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.51-73
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• 2011

Korean society with low fertility rate and high aging rate crisis has been tried very hard to find out alternatives to solve these social problems. These efforts resulted in increasing the development of education programs for the elderly. The education for the elderly have been development in various different academic fields. Therefore, this is the time to establish database for education programs which developed so far. The purpose of this study is to examine research trend in the field of education programs for the elderly in Korea. For this purpose, 62 education programs for the elderly which developed so far were analyzed. The results of this study were as followed. The topics of education programs for the elderly were divided into the following : a marriage enrichment programs for the elderly married couples, leisure programs, death education programs, health education programs, economic education programs, education programs for grandparents raising their grandchildren, etc. Based on the results of this analysis, the tasks of future research about education programs for the elderly were presented.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.127-157
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 농촌노인부부들의 삶에 나타난 '생애사적 진행과정구조'를 '젠더관계'에 주목하여 재구성하는 데에 있다. 이를 위해 6쌍의 노인부부들과 개별적으로 생애사적-이야기식 인터뷰를 하였고, 인터뷰자료는 $Sch{\ddot{u}}tze$의 생애사적-이야기식 인터뷰 분석방법에 Dausien의 여성주의적 생애사 분석방법을 절충 응용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 본 '생애사주체들'의 삶에는 '진행곡선'을 이루는 '생애사적 진행과정구조'가 나타났다. 그런데 이러한 '진행곡선'에는 다음과 같은 두 가지 차원의 '젠더관계'가 나타나고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 첫째, '진행곡선'의 미시적 및 거시적 차원에서 '젠더관계'가 나타났는데, 남성노인들의 '진행곡선'에서는 개인적 및 가족적인 맥락만이 아니라 사회구조적인 맥락도 나타난 반면, 여성노인들의 '진행곡선'에서는 주로 개인적 및 가족적인 맥락이 나타난 젠더차이를 보였다. 둘째, '진행곡선'의 미시적 차원에서 '젠더관계'가 나타났는데, 남성노인들은 생애단계에 따라 다소의 차이가 있으나 바깥일'을 위주로 하는 단일한 역할을 담당하며 '집안일'을 수행하는 데에 소극적인 반면, 여성노인들은 전 생애에 걸쳐 '집안일'과 '바깥일'의 '이중적 역할'을 적극적으로 담당한 젠더차이를 보였다. 이를 통해서 'doing gender'가 생애사에 나타나며, 나아가 이러한 'doing gender'는 생애단계와 성에 따라 다르게 나타나고 있음을 포착할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 근거로 하여 생애사와 '젠더관계'에 주목한 실천적 함의를 논의하였다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.129-147
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• 2013

The primary focus of the study assesses how individual spouses' and their partners' marital adjustment influence their own and their mental health. The study also examines whether this influence was mediated by the relationship with their adult-children. Data were collected from 271 dyads of elderly couples by using a self-report questionnaire. Marital adjustment was measured in terms of intimacy and comparison level of marriage. Mental health was measured in terms of depressive mood, anxiety, and somatization. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) analysis revealed that marital adjustment was positively associated with one's own mental health and with one's own relationship with their adult-children, but not with their partner's. On the other hand, the relationship with adult-children was positively associated with one's own and with their partner's mental health. Furthermore, analysis of the mediating model using APIM indicated that marital adjustment through one's own adult-children relationship had direct and indirect effects on one's own mental health. It is interesting to note that the wives' mental health were directly influenced by their partners' relationship with adult-children. However, the effect of the husbands' mental health was not significant. These findings highlight dyadic interdependence among spouses' perceptions of marital and adult-children relationship with their mental health. The results suggest implications for educators and clinicians working with elderly couples to improve their psychological and relational health.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.929-945
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• 2012

This study examined structured social network types and their relationship to quality on life satisfaction of older adults. Respondents were 418 adults aged 60 or older living alone or as couples. The data was analyzed using K-means cluster analysis. Four networks types were identified: diverse, friend-neighbor focused, family focused, and restricted. Life satisfaction was highest for individuals in the diverse network group and lowest for individuals in the restricted network group. Stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that life satisfaction of the elderly was affected by the diverse network, family focused network, the relationship quality with children, the relationship quality with neighbors, and the relationship quality with relatives. Results suggested that having diverse social network in close proximity is very important in old age and structural network types may have important practical implications for improving the quality of life among the elderly.

• 한국노년학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.975-991
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• 2012

본 연구는 초기 노년기 부부의 부부관계와 성인자녀관계에 따른 집단유형 구분과 그 특성을 파악하고, 집단유형에 따른 심리적 부적응의 차이를 살펴보았다. 연구대상은 남편이 현재 퇴직한 상태로 부부 모두 만 55 ~ 75세인 초기 노년기 부부 271쌍이며, 편의와 눈덩이 표집으로 수집하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 남편과 아내 각자가 지각한 부부관계와 성인자녀관계 변인들을 지표로 군집분석을 한 결과, '부부-자녀관계 혼미형', '부부-자녀관계 갈등형', '부부-자녀관계 친밀추구형', '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'의 4개 집단유형이 확인되었다. 둘째, 결혼기간은 '부부-자녀관계 혼미형'에서 가장 길었고, 교육수준은 '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서 가장 높았으며, 사회활동 참여유형의 경우 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서는 '주로 혼자' 활동하는 비율이, '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서는 '부부 함께' 활동하는 비율이 높았다. 셋째, 집단유형에 따라 심리적 부적응의 차이는 남편의 경우 우울, 불안, 신체화 모두에서 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'이 가장 높게 나타났고, 아내의 경우 우울, 신체화는 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서, 불안은 '부부-자녀관계 혼미형'과 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서 가장 높고, '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 초기 노년기 부부의 심리적 부적응 수준을 감소시키기 위해서는 부부관계와 성인자녀관계 모두가 중요하다는 것과 함께 여성노인의 심리적 부적응을 감소시키기 위해서는 특히 성인자녀와의 관계에 대한 관심과 재조명이 필요함을 시사한다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 현대화과정에서 나타나는 노인부양의 변화과정을 농촌노인의 관점에서 재구성하는 데에 있다. 이를 위해 6쌍의 노인부부와 3차례에 걸쳐 Schütze의 '생애사적-이야기식 인터뷰' 17개를 하였고, 분석도 그의 '생애사적-이야기식 인터뷰 분석' 방법에 따라 하였다. 연구결과, 본 '생애사주체들'이 경험한 노인부양은 '가족부양'이 주를 이루는데, 현대화과정을 거치면서 '이중적으로 구조전환'된 것으로 나타났다. 즉 한편으로는 '세대 간 상호부양 차원의 가족부양'이 '세대 내 자기부양 차원의 가족부양'으로 변환되는 '내적 구조전환'이, 다른 한편으로는 '가족부양의 사회화'가 이루어지는 '외적 구조전환'이 나타났다는 것이다. 또한 이러한 '이중적 구조전환' 과정에서 나타난 부양규범과 부양행위는 '괴리'를 이루고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, '이중적 구조전환'에 대한 인식은 '양가적'으로 나타나고 있음을 분석하였다. 이러한 연구결과에 근거하여 현대화이론에 대한 비판적 논의를 하였고, 노인부양을 위한 실천적 함의도 제시하였다.