The purpose of this study was to analyze a relationship between physical activity participation and psychological factors in elderly. Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem of the survey includes 497 male and female(male : 169, female : 328) over 65 years ...
The purpose of this study was to analyze a relationship between physical activity participation and psychological factors in elderly. Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem of the survey includes 497 male and female(male : 169, female : 328) over 65 years old and Loneliness, Depression and Self-Efficacy of the survey includes 424 male and female(male : 213, female : 211) over 65 years old in Seoul and Kyonggi areas. The survey methods of this research are the Affetometer-Ⅱ Life Satisfaction questionnaire(40 item) by Kammann & Flett(1983) translated by Hong, Gil-Dong(1995) and the Self-Esteem Scale(10 item) by Rosenberg(1965) translated standardized by Kim, Gui-Bong(2000). Loneliness are the 5 Likert Scale modified the UCLA Loneliness Scale(10 item) by Won, Hyung-Joong(1984) and Depression Scale(20 item) by Zung and Durham(1965) translated standardized by Yook, Young-Sook(1994). The used statistical methods for the data analysis were analysis of covariance, multiple classification analysis. Trough such data analysis, this study obtained the results as follows : first, The elderly involved the physical activities felt higher Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem than the elderly did not. second, The elderly involved the physical activities felt less Loneliness and Depression than the elderly did not.