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Cho, Jin-Hui
- The Influence of Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, Aging Anxiety on Successful Aging in Middle-Aged Women
Authors
1 Department of Nursing, Dongnam Health University,16328, KP
Source
Medico-Legal Update, Vol 20, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 2265-2270Abstract
Background/Objectives:The purpose of the study was to identify factors influencing successful aging in middle-aged women.
Method/Statistical Analysis:The subjects of this study were 298middle-aged women living in 4 cities. The data were collected through structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptivestatistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlations, Spearman correlations and multiple regressionanalysis with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program.
Findings: As a result of regression analysis using self-efficacy, self-achievement and aging anxiety as independent variables, factors affecting successful aging were self-efficacy and aging anxiety. Their explanatory power is 16.8%. Aging anxiety was found to have the most significant influence on the degree of successful aging.
Improvements/Applications:This study shows that self-efficacy and aging anxiety have important effects on successful aging in middle-aged women. In addition, middle aged women learned that nursing knowledge needs to be accumulated and researched to increase self-efficacy or to reduce anxiety about aging.
Keywords
Women, Successful Aging, Self-Efficacy, Aging Anxiety.
- The Influence of Social Network and Depression on Successful Aging in the Elderly
Authors
1 Department of Nursing, Dongnam Health University,16328, KP
Source
Medico-Legal Update, Vol 20, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 2271-2276Abstract
Background/Objectives:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social network, depression and successful aging of elderly people and to identify the factors influencing successful aging of elderly people.
Method/Statistical Analysis:The subjects of this study were 150 elderly people aged 65 and older who live in three cities. The data were collected through structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptivestatistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlations, Spearman correlations and multiple regressionanalysis with the SPSS/ WIN 21.0 program.
Findings: The results showed that depression was the most influential factor in successful aging of elderly people, followed by social activities, perform parental grandparent role and 74.1% explained successful aging of elderly people.Based on these results, it concluded that the role of social activities, parents and grandparents is critical and the development of related programs is necessary for the elderly to be successfully aged.
Improvements/Applications:This study showed that depression, social activities and the role of parents and grandparents were significant for the successful aging of the elderly. In particular, depression was more influential than social activities and the role of parents and grandparents. Therefore, it found that research is needed to prevent depression in the elderly.