Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2004;42(12):77-92.
서울지역 노인의 건강증진행위와 관련된 생태학적 변인에 관한 연구
An Ecological Approach to Study the Health Promotion Behavior of the Elderly in Kangseo-ku, Kangnam-ku, Seoul
Hwa-Hee Shon
Dept. of Family Welfare, SoongEui Women's College
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the selected predictors of the health promotion behavior of the elderly in Kangseo-ku, Kangnam-ku, Seoul. The study used an ecological perspective approach in that a microsystem (i.e. self-esteem, locus of control, introversion-extraversion and socio-demographic characteristics), and the environment such as a mesosystem (i.e. marriage satisfaction) and a macrosystem (i.e. social support, participation of social activities, social image of the elderly, social attitude of the elderly) were explored. A structured questionnaire was used to interview a sample of 188 elderly. Hierarchicai regression analysis yielded the results that the magnitude of the importance of the microsystem was found to be larger than any other systems investigated. The most powerful predictor of the health promotion behavior of the elderly was 'age', followed by 'participation of social activities', 'education', 'social support', 'locus of control', 'marriage satisfaction', and 'sex'. The research model accounted for of the health promotion behavior of the elderly.
PDF Links
Full text via DOI 
Download Citation 
Supplement 
