• 대한가정학회지
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.145-164
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to understand how late middle-aged women in our society view and adapt to “aging”. This is a crucial step forward linking two stages, the growing young age and the declining old age, which eventually improves the qualify of life in old a9e. This qualitative study used Personal narratives extracted from tape-recorded interviews of 20 late middle-aged women in their fifties and analyzed key experiences of late middle-aged women in their transition to old age. Participants were observed to perceive not only many limitations but also alternative potentialities. First, the major challenges due to the closing young era were ‘physical declines’, including health problems and wrinkles, and ‘leaving children’. Second, the potentialities to start a new era also could be found. Many participants found themselves to be generous enough to assist others in need. In addition, they looked to adapt to new challenges. It was likely that the many adversities that they had faced made them resilient. These results show that late middle-aged women were actively negotiating with themselves and their surroundings in order to overcome their losses, maintain their potentialities, and, in the process, acknowledge their impending old age for better preparation.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.392-401
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness and to investigate the main factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults. Methods: The study collected data from a total of 153 middle-aged men and women aged 50 to 64 years old from a consumer panel of Macromill-Embrain, the biggest online survey provider in Korea. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and a stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The subjects' happiness mean score was 16.17±9.29. Statistically significant differences in happiness were found according to education (F=4.38, p=.014), economic status (t=5.13, p<.001), and religion (t=2.18, p=.031). Happiness was correlated significantly with health status (r=.41, p<.001), aging anxiety (r=-.62, p<.001), family support (r=.43, p<.001), friend support (r=.36, p<.001) and generativity (r=.63, p<.001). The factors influencing happiness of late middle-aged adults were generativity (𝛽=.37, p<.001), aging anxiety (𝛽=-.35, p<.001), family support (𝛽=.20, p<.001), and economic status (𝛽=.13, p=.033). The explanatory power of the model was 58.0%. Conclusion: This study will be used as basic data when developing a nursing intervention program for successful aging by identifying factors that affect the happiness of late middle-aged adults.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to classier the somatotype of late middle-aged women and to analyze the characteristics of each somatotype. The subjects were 337 late middle-aged women and their age range os from 45 to 59 fears old. Data were collected through anthropometry and photometry and analyzed by factor analysis, cluster analysis and discriminant analysis. The results were as follows; 1. The result of factor analysis indicated that 9 factors were extracted through factor analysis and those factors comprised 83.56 percent of total valiance. 2. Using factor scores, cluster analysis was carried out and the subject were classified into 4 cluster. Each cluster was classified as their body front and side view contour. Type 1 is tall, slim, and lower balk is flat on the side. Type 2 is standard and lean-back type on the side. Type 3 is standard height and weight, H type in front, and belly-protruded on the side. Type 4 is short, fat, and the side is hip-protruded. 3. According to the stepwise discriminant analysis, the 9 important items in classifying the somatotype of the late middle-aged women are as follows ; lower back tilt angle, hip depth(back) -back waist depth(back), bust depth(fore) - anterior waist depth(fore), jugular fossa point(fore), upper back tilt angle, burst breadth -waist breadth, right shoulder tilt, height of shoulder - height of anterior waist, abdomen breath. The correct classification rate for these items is as exact as 84.62%.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.315-332
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effects of human capital and social capital on the economic well-being of late middle-aged Koreans. The data from the first wave of KLoSA (Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging) aged 50-64 were used (n=4,040). The major findings were as follows: First, human capital and social capital are both resources that can contribute to increasing the economic well-being of the middle-aged. Second, the relative contribution of human capital to the economic well-being of the middle-aged varied by the level of social capital, including formal network and informal network. Third, the relative contribution of social capital to the economic well-being of the middle-aged varied by the level of human capital, including employment type and educational attainment. Based on empirical results, the implications for social investment in human capital and social capital were provided.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.689-703
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among 'leisure constraints', 'leisure sufficiency' and 'life satisfaction' perceived by late middle-aged adults. The subjects of this research were 275 adults from 50 to 64. The results are as follows: 1) Among 5 categories of 'leisure constraints', the subjects perceive' financial constraints' as the most important, and in order of importance, 'social constraints', 'physical constraints', and 'familial constraints' followed. 2) Among five 'leisure activities', a factor perceived most sufficiently by middle-aged adults is 'simple relaxation' and followed by 'social activities', 'activities with family'. 'learning activities', and 'play-recreation activities'. 3) The factors influencing life satisfaction perceived by late-middle aged adults are 'religion', 'financial constraints', 'education', 'familial constraints', 'physical constraints', 'learning activities', and 'play-recreation activities'. These 7 factors explain 38.9% of total variation. Also, the 'leisure constraints' has a greater impact on their 'life satisfaction' than on their 'leisure sufficiency'.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.594-603
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of health promotion program on healthy aging preparation for late middle aged women. Methods: The research design was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental study. Participants were recruited from K and Y cities in Gyeong-nam Province from October, 2013 to January, 2014. They were 26 for the experimental group and 31 for the control group. The experimental group participated in a health promotion program for healthy aging preparation. The program consisted of education, exercise, and small group discussion over 8 weeks. Data were analyzed by Chi-square, t-test and ANCOVA, using the PASW 18.0 program. Results: There were significant improvements in aging anxiety and general self-efficacy, health promoting behaviors in the experimental group compared to those of the control group. However, there was no significant differences in attitude toward older adults between the two groups. Conclusion: The health promotion program on healthy aging preparation for late middle aged women was found to be effective in enhancing aging anxiety and self-efficacy, and health promoting behavior. Thus, the developed program is recommended for use in clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention for late middle aged women in order to keep up with their health in later life.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.17-27
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• 1998

The need for periodic investigation on human growth rate and somatotypes has been increased because the scientific development and environmental factors have effected a lot on them recently. This study aimed to investigate the changes of the 638 female somatotypes in the age of 18-54 obtained by direct and indirect measurement. The measurement data were divided into 4 groups early young women age group (18-54), late young women age group (25-34), early middle age group (35-44), late middle age group (45-54) and compared each other based on each group by age. The results obtained from this study were as follows: 1. According to Mollison Curve based on the early young women, items of depth decreased overall and pp.P. length & shoulder length increased as the age increased. The circumference, breadth and thickness tended to increase, especially waist girth and thickness of waist increased markedly. The data showed that the increase rate of thickness was higher than that of breadth. 2. Gradual somatotype changes were observed by overlapping projection drawings obtained by direct measurement. Compared with the young women, the middle aged showed lower should point depth and hip line & crotch depth line were lengthened significantly. No significant difference was observed in overlapping of the early young women and the late young women' figure, neither was in early middle aged and the late middle aged. 3. By overlapping the side view of the young women group (18-37) and middle aged group (35-54), no significant postural characteristics were found, while the back tended to bend forward and the abdomen and hip appeared to get fat.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.136-146
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• 2021

본 연구는 후기 중년 여성의 자아존중감, 폐경 증상, 배우자지지, 노화불안의 정도를 파악하고 노화불안에 미치는 영향 요인을 알아보고자 하는 서술적 조사연구로 2020년 5월 23일부터 6월 13일까지 3주 동안 대한민국에 거주하는 기혼자 중 후기 중년 여성을 대상으로 온라인 설문지를 이용하여 총 110명의 자료를 수집하였다. 자료 분석 결과, 후기 중년 여성의 노화불안에 미치는 영향 요인은 폐경 증상(β=.515, p<.001), 자아존중감(β=-.268, p=.001) 순으로 회귀모형의 설명력은 41.4%로 나타났다. 따라서 노화불안을 낮추기 위해서는 후기 중년 여성의 폐경 증상에 대한 적극적인 중재가 필요하며 자아존중감을 높이기 위한 방안이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.615-636
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• 2018

본 연구는 균형적 시간관과 주관적 안녕감과의 관계에서 행복증진활동의 매개효과를 성인초기와 중년후기를 중심으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 부산·경남에 거주하는 25세 이상 35세 이하의 성인초기 성인 192명과 55세 이상 65세 이하의 중년후기 성인 180명을 대상으로 균형적 시간관, 행복증진활동, 주관적 안녕감(삶의 만족도, 긍정정서 및 부정정서)을 측정하였다. 변인들 간의 매개효과 분석 결과, 성인초기와 중년후기 모두 균형적 시간관이 행복증진활동을 통해 주관적 안녕감에 유의한 정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 행복증진활동의 하위 유형으로 나눠서 살펴보면, 성인초기의 균형적 시간관과 주관적 안녕감의 관계에서 성취지향적 활동과 개인적 관계중심 활동의 매개효과가 유의하였고, 중년후기에서는 개인적 관계중심활동의 매개효과가 유의하였다. 본 연구는 성인초기와 중년후기 성인을 대상으로 과거와 현재, 미래의 '균형 잡힌' 시간관이 행복을 증진하기 위한 활동에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, 세대 간에 나타나는 행복증진활동의 차이를 살펴보고자 했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.377-387
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• 2021

본 연구는 후기 중년 남성의 우울에 미치는 영향 요인을 규명함으로써 우울을 완화시킬 수 있는 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하는 연구로 2018년 <전후기 중년 남성의 삶의 질 영향 요인에 대한 융합적 연구>인 일차연구 자료와 추가 수집한 자료 총 124부를 이용한 이차분석 연구이다. 연구결과, 후기 중년 남성의 우울에 미치는 영향요인은 직업 스트레스가 가장 높은 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났고 그 다음 가족유대감, 노후 생활의 불안정도, 학력(고등학교 졸업) 순으로 나타났으며 전체 설명력은 70.8%로 나타났다. 따라서 후기 중년 남성의 우울을 감소시키기 위해 직업 스트레스에 대한 긍정적인 대처와 가족 간의 유대관계를 강화하기 위한 방안이 마련되어야 할 것이며 다가오는 노후생활을 긍정적으로 받아들일 수 있도록 프로그램 개발 및 적용이 필요하고 프로그램 개발 시 학력별 차이를 감안한 맞춤형 프로그램을 통해 우울에 취약한 대상자의 대처 기능을 좀 더 강화시킬 필요가 있다.