사회참여와 노인생활만족도의 관계 연구 - 인권의식의 매개효과를 중심으로 -

The Relationship Between Social Participation and the Life Satisfaction of the Elderly - Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Human Rights wareness -

본 연구는 노인의 사회참여와 생활만족도의 관계에서 인권의식의 매개효과를 검증하고자 수도권 노인 352명을 대상으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인의 사회참여는 평균 2.62점, 인권의식은 평균 3.10점 생활만족도는 평균 3.41점으로 나타났다. 둘째, 일반적 특성에서 건강상태, 소득, 사회참여, 인권의식에 따라 생활만족도에 통계적으로 유의미한 차이가 나타났다. 셋째, 생활만족도에 미치는 영향은 건강(β=.22), 정치참여(β=-.17), 여가참여(β=.18), 인권의식(β=-.26)이 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 노인의 사회참여와 생활만족도의 관계에서 인권의식은 부분 매개효과가 유의한 것을 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study is to examine the general status of social participation, human rights consciousness, and life satisfaction of the elderly, and to investigate the influence of these factors on life satisfaction and the mediating effects of human rights consciousness. The summary of the analysis and discussion are as follows. First, as a result of analyzing the level of social participation of the elderly surveyed, the total level of social participation of the elderly was 2.62 points , which is lower than the median of 3 points. The mean of human rights awareness was 3.10 points and the mean of life satisfaction was 3.37 points , which was higher than the median 3 points. Second, as a result of analyzing factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly, health (β=.22), political participation(β=-.12), leisure participation (β =.18), and human rights awareness (β=.26) were the variables influence life Third, as a result of analyzing the relationship between social participation and life satisfaction of the elderly, the mediator has a partial mediating effect between the independent and the dependent variables. In other words, Human rights consciousness of the elderly was found to mediate partly in the relationship between social participation and life satisfaction.