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Examination of the moderating effect of age on the relationship between regulatory focus and happiness

조절초점과 행복감 간의 관계에 대한 연령의 조절효과 분석

  • Kwak, Yun Jung (Department of Counseling Psychology, Sejong Cyber University)
  • 곽윤정 (세종사이버대학교 상담심리학과)
  • Received : 2016.04.05
  • Accepted : 2017.05.12
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

People's interest in how to lead a happy life when they get older is increasing because of the extension of life span due to thedevelopment of medical technology. Factors that can affect happiness or the strength of the influence of those factors may vary according to age. Previous studies, have found that individuals with promotion focus are more likely to experience happiness than those with prevention focus. However, whether this effect of regulatory focus on happiness is consistent regardless of age has not been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, 1,250 Korean adults from each age group and residence were randomly selected as thesample, and the moderating effect of age on the relationship between regulatory focus and subjective well-being was examined. The results indicated that promotion focus and age have a significant interaction effect on subjective well-being, while the interaction effect of prevention focus and age was not significant. More concretely, the positive effects of promotion focus on life satisfaction and affective balance grew stronger with increasing age. This finding implies that it is especially important for old adults to use promotion focus by actively setting challenging goals and motivating themselves to gain a sense of accomplishment to experience subjective well-being. In addition, social support is proposed as being especially important to activate their promotion focus.

의료 기술의 발달로 수명이 연장됨으로써 노년기에 어떻게 행복한 생활을 영위할 수 있는지에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 그런데 연령대에 따라 행복감에 영향을 미치는 변인의 유형이나 행복에 대한 변인의 영향력이 변화할 수 있기 때문에 이에 대해 실증적으로 조사하는 연구가 필요하다. 선행연구를 통해 조절초점 중 '향상초점'을 활용하는 개인이 '방어초점'을 활용하는 개인보다 대체로 행복할 가능성이 높다는 것이 발견되었다. 그러나 이와 같은 조절초점의 영향이 사람의 전생애동안 모든 연령대에 걸쳐서 유효한 것인지에 대해서는 아직 조사가 제대로 이루어지지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 거주지역과 연령대별로 성인 1250명을 무작위로 선정하여 표집을 구성하고 연령이 조절초점과 주관적 행복감 간의 관계에 대해 유의한 조절효과를 가지는지 검증하였다. 분석 결과, 향상초점과 연령은 주관적 행복감에 대해 유의한 상호작용 효과를 가진 것이 발견되었으나, 방어초점과 연령은 유의한 상호작용을 보이지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 보다 더 구체적으로 연령이 높아질수록 향상초점이 삶의 만족도와 정서균형에 미치는 정적 영향이 더 강해지는 것이 발견되었다. 본 연구결과는 노년기에 능동적으로 도전적인 목표를 설정하고, 자발적으로 동기를 부여하며 성취감을 느끼는 등 향상초점을 활용하는 것이 주관적 행복감을 경험하는 데 더 중요한 역할을 한다는 것을 시사한다. 또한 본 연구에서는 사회적 지원체제의 구축을 통해 노인의 향상초점을 활성화할 것을 제안한다.

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