高齡長者社會支持、社會參與與活躍老化關係之研究

Relationships between Social Support, Social Participation, and Active Aging for and in Aged People

吳舜堂(Wu, S.-T.) ； 陳欽雨(Chen, C.-Y.)

《福祉科技與服務管理學刊》 5卷4期 (2017/12) Pp. 331-352

https://doi.org/10.6283/JOCSG.201712_5(4).331

摘要

由於高齡人口快速增加，使得有關高齡長者如何提昇生活品質及健康照護等議題，已引起產、官、學等各界人士關注。本研究選擇高齡長者為研究對象，採用問卷調查法，利用迴歸分析驗證高齡長者在社會支持、社會參與以及活躍老化三者間之關聯影響。研究結果發現：高齡長者之社會支持對社會參與具有顯著正向之影響；社會參與對活躍老化具有顯著正向之影響；社會支持對活躍老化具有顯著正向之影響；社會參與在社會支持對活躍老化具有中介效果，即社會支持可透過社會參與來提升活躍老化。研究結果可供相關單位在推動高齡長者相關政策時的配套措施，亦建議作為高齡長者維護身心健康狀態與活絡生活規畫之參考。

關鍵字

社會支持 ； 社會參與 ； 活躍老化

並列摘要

Due to the dramatic increase in the elderly population, living quality and healthcare issues for elder people have arisen, resulting in considerable attention from industry, government, and academia. This research focuses on the local elderly population. A questionnaire survey approach was adopted to determine the relationships between social support, social participation and active aging for and in the elderly community via regression analysis. The research results are as follows: social support of the elderly has a significant positive effect on social participation; social participation has a significant positive effect on active aging; social support has a significant positive effect on active aging; and social participation has somewhat of an effect on active aging, that is to say, social support may enhance active aging through social participation. The research results could be offered to relevant departments for the formulation and promotion of policies related to the elderly and as a reference for the elderly to maintain a healthy physical and psychological attitude toward active life planning.

並列關鍵字

social support ； social participation ； active aging