This study examined the relationship between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom among the middle-aged and elderly couples, using dataset of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing(KLoSA). The subjects were 6,652 persons aged 45 and over who were living with their spouse. A multiple regression model was used to study an association between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom, controlling for socio-economic characteristics, health status and behavior, and social support. Also, this paper run three subgroup regression models based on age of subjects (45∼54, 55∼64, 65 and over), controlling for confounding variables. Authors found that there was negative relationship between spouse satisfaction and depressive symptom (b=-0.022, p<0.0001). This negative relationship was also shown in three subgroup regression models. This study suggested the importance of spouse support for promoting mental health among the middle-aged and elderly couples.
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Abstract I. 서론 II. 연구방법 1. 연구대상 및 자료 2. 변수의 선정 3. 자료분석 III. 연구결과 1. 사회·경제적 특성과 우울증 지수 2. 건강상태 및 건강행위 특성과 우울증 지수 3. 사회적 지지 특성 및 배우자 만족도와 우울증 지수 4. 배우자 만족도가 우울증 지수에 미치는 영향 IV. 고찰 및 결론 REFERENCES