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허제은 ( Heo Je-Eun ) - 고신대학교 전인간호과학연구소
태영숙 ( Tae Young-Sook ) - 고신대학교 간호대학
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to identify the impact of spiritual wellbeing and social support on the depression among middle-aged women. Descriptive study design was used.
Methods: The subjects completed the structured questionnaires: the ‘Spiritual Well-being Scale’, developed by Paloutzian & Ellison, "the Social Support Scale" developed by Park, and "the CES-D Scale" developed by Radloff. Data were collected from 216 middle aged women in B metropolitan city and J city. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe? test, Pearson"s correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions.
Results: Participants with higher depression had lower scores for spiritual wellbeing (r=-.57, p<.001) and lower scores for social support (r=-.49, p=.011). The influencing factors on depression were spiritual wellbeing, social support, and utilization of spare time. These variables were explained 46% of the variance in depression.
Conclusion: The depression of the middle-aged women can be reduced when spiritual wellbeing and social support are improved. Therefore, we suggested to develop nursing intervention programs in order to improve spiritual wellbeing and social support of middle-aged women for reducing their depressions.
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KeyWords
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Spirituality, Social support, Depression, Women
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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