본 연구에서는 중년기 성인 남녀의 삶의 의미추구가 주관적 안녕에 미치는 영향에 대하여 생성감, 의미발견, 영성의 매개효과를 검증하고 이 경로에서 나타나는 남녀 성별 차이를 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 대구 경북의 40세에서 65세 중년기 남녀 성인 391명(여자 256명, 남자 156명)을 대상으로 삶의 의미, 생성감, 주관적 안녕, 영성의 척도를 사용하여 설문 조사를 실시하였고 구조모형을 통하여 각 변인간의 관계를 검증한 뒤 중년기 남성과 여성 집단에서 어떤 차이를 보이는지 알아보았다. 그 결과, 중년기 남녀 집단의 의미발견은 의미추구와 주관적 안녕의 관계를 완전매개하였다. 중년기의 생성감과 영성은 의미추구가 주관적 안녕에 영향을 미치는 경로에서 의미발견과 함께 매개효과를 나타내었다. 즉 중년기 성인이 의미추구를 할 때 생성감, 의미발견, 영성을 거쳐 주관적 안녕감을 느끼는 것을 알 수 있었다. 한편, 이러한 매개효과 모형에서 남성과 여성은 집단간 차이를 나타내었다. 남성의 경우 영성은 의미발견과 주관적 안녕의 관계에서 완전매개하였으며 영성이 주관적 안녕에 미치는 영향은 남성이 여성보다 더 강력하게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 중년기 삶의 의미가 주관적 안녕에 이르는 경로와 함께 남녀 성차를 밝히는 데 기여하였으며 이를 바탕으로 주요 시사점 및 후속연구를 위한 제안점을 논의하였다.
The purpose of this study is to investigate gender differences and the mediating effect of generativity, meaning presence and spirituality between search for meaning in life and subjective well-being. A total of 391 middle-aged adults(156 males and 235 females) participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationship between each factors and to analyze the difference between males and females. As the result of this research, we found the fully-mediated effect of the presence of meaning in the relationship of the search for meaning and subjective well-being. Generativity mediated the effect of search for meaning on meaning presence, while meaning presence mediated both the relationship between search for meaning and spirituality and the relationship between generativity and subjective well-being. The effect of spirituality on subjective well-being for male participants was stronger than that of female participants. Limitations of the current study and implications for future study were discussed.
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