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A Study on the environmental factors that affect married life and life satisfaction of elderly couple - Moderating Effect of Spouse Support -

노년기 부부의 결혼생활 만족도와 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 환경요인에 관한 연구 - 배우자 지지의 조절효과를 중심으로 -

  • Na, Yei-Won (Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kim, Hyoung-Soo (Department of management, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
  • 나예원 (호서대학교 벤처대학원 노인복지학과) ;
  • 김형수 (호서대학교 벤처대학원)
  • Received : 2016.03.08
  • Accepted : 2016.04.07
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

This study of elderly couples examined the main environmental factors affecting the married life satisfaction and life satisfaction of the spouses. The survey was conducted on 60-year-old elderly couples who live in the metropolitan area of Seoul and Gyeonggi. A total of 400 questionnaires were used to analyze the exception of a number of 12 388 additional missing data. The results were as follows. First, environmental factors affecting the marital satisfaction of spouses' personality suitability and gender role attitudes appeared in the economic conditions. Second, the spouses environmental factors affecting the life satisfaction turned out to be the gender role attitude, reliability and economic conditions. Third, the major environmental factors affecting both spouses married life satisfaction and life satisfaction was found to be the gender role attitude and economic conditions. Fourth, the environmental factors representing a moderating effect on the supporting spouse between environmental factors and life satisfaction appeared to be the personality suitability and economic conditions. These results suggest that the recent increases in the twilight divorce rate may be due to the marriage satisfaction and common factors of gender role attitudes. Therefore, to improve the lives and economic conditions as well as the satisfaction of the spouse, the support of important factors are needed to adjust the crisis of old age couples. Therefore, a relevant policy that targets elderly couples through counseling and education will be needed.

본 연구에서는 노년기 부부를 대상으로 배우자 결혼생활 만족도와 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 주요 환경요인을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울과 경기 주변의 수도권에 거주하는 60세 이상 노년기 부부를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 총 400부의 설문지를 회수하여 결측치가 많은 12부를 제외한 388부가 분석에 활용되었다. 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 배우자 결혼만족도에 영향을 미치는 환경요인은 성격적합성, 성역할태도, 경제상태로 나타났다. 둘째, 배우자 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 환경요인은 성역할태도, 신뢰도와 경제상태로 밝혀졌다. 셋째, 배우자 결혼생활 만족도와 삶의 만족도 모두에 영향을 미치는 주요 환경요인은 성역할태도와 경제상태로 나타났다. 넷째, 환경요인과 삶의 만족도 사이에서 배우자 지지의 조절효과를 나타내는 환경요인은 성격적합성과 경제상태로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는, 최근 황혼이혼 증가로 알 수 있는 노년기 부부의 위기극복에 필요한 결혼생활 만족도와 삶의 만족도를 높이기 위해서는 공통요인인 성역할태도와 경제상태와 함께 조절변인인 배우자 지지가 중요함을 시사해 주는 것이라 할 수 있다. 따라서, 노년기부부 대상 상담 및 교육 등 관련 정책수립에 활용할 것을 제언한다.

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