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The Effects Elderly's Discrimination Experiences and Sense of Loss on Suicidal Ideation

노인의 차별경험과 상실감이 자살생각에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Eun-A (Department of Social Welfare, SungKyul University)
  • 이은아 (성결대학교 사회복지학부)
  • Received : 2020.10.06
  • Accepted : 2020.11.20
  • Published : 2020.11.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the path that the elderly discrimination experiences and sense of loss lead to suicidal ideation by verifying the influence of the elderly's discrimination experience on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect of sense of loss. To this end, questionnaire a survey was conducted on 400 elderly people aged 65 years or older who used 10 elderly welfare centers using stratified sampling of 31 cities, counties, and districts in Gyeonggi-do. Additionally, a total of 380 samples were finally analyzed excluding dishonest responses. As a result of the study, first, the more individual and social discrimination experiences, which are sub-factors of the elderly discrimination experience, increased suicidal ideation. Second, individual discrimination experiences were found to has a static effect on suicidal ideation through partial mediation of sense of loss. Third, the experience of social discrimination showed a static effect on suicidal ideation by perfect mediating the sense of loss. Therefore, it was found that the sense of loss acts as a risk factor for the elderly's suicidal ideation. Based on the research results, the urgent need for institutional supplementation to prevent the elderly's social discrimination experiences was suggested, and practical implications for preventing elderly suicide by resolving the sense of loss in the elderly welfare practice field were suggested.

본 연구는 노인의 차별경험이 자살생각에 미치는 영향과 상실감의 매개효과를 검증함으로써 노인차별경험과 상실감이 자살생각으로 이어지는 경로를 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 경기도 31개 시군구를 층화표집하여 노인복지관 10개소를 이용하는 65세 이상 노인 400명 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 불성실한 응답을 제외한 총 380부를 최종 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 노인차별경험 하위요인인 개인적 차별경험과 사회적 차별경험이 많을수록 자살생각이 증가하였다. 둘째, 개인적 차별경험은 상실감을 부분매개로 자살생각에 정적인 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 사회적 차별경험은 상실감을 완전매개로 자살생각에 정적인 영향력을 보였다. 따라서 상실감은 노인의 자살생각에 위험 요인으로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 노인의 사회적 차별경험을 예방하고 노인복지 실천현장에서 상실감 해소를 통해 노인자살을 예방하기 위한 실천적 함의를 제시하였다.

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