노부모의 성인자녀와의 갈등 및 우울에 관한 연구

A Study on the Aged Parents’ Conflict with Their Adult Children and Depression

This study was to investigate the depression of the aged parents perceived through the conflicts between the aged parents and their adult children. The subjects of the study were 469 old parents, consisted of 234 male and 235 female over 60 years old lives in Kwangju. The datas were analysed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, oneway ANOVA, t-test, Duncan’s test and multiple regression using SAS program and the results are as follows. 1) In the conflict between the aged parents and their adult children which the aged parents perceive, the mean values are 32.54 in the case of old father and 34.26 in old mother from the average point. The ave rage values of the de pression the aged parents perceive are 26.03 and 28.35 each in old father and old mother and show the level of de pression over the middle value. 2) The background variables which show the significant differences of the conflict between the aged parents and their adult children are marital status, age, education, pocket money, health and activity of the aged parents. 3) The background variables which show the significant difference in the depression the aged parents perceive are marital atatus, education, pocket money, health, activity, support type and occupation of the aged parents. 4) The depression and conflict between the aged parents and their adult children show high correlations and the greatest variable as the effect of conflict on the depression is emotional conflict. In addition, significant difference is shown depending on health, value and economic conflict and its explanatory power is 50%.