The Relationship between Body Image and Successful Aging of the Elderly: The Dual Mediating Effects of Growth Mindset and Grit

August 31, 2021  |  Vol.7, No.8  |  PP. 213-222  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Yeoun Kyoung Hwang, Multicultural Education and Welfare Institute, Hanseo University, Korea

Chang Seek Lee, Dept. of Health, Counseling and Welfare, Hanseo University, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Body Image, Successful Aging, Growth Mindset, Grit, PROCESS Macro, Double Mediating Effect, Elderly

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the dual mediating effect of growth mindset and grit in the association between body image and successful aging in the elderly. The research questions to achieve the purpose of the study are as follows. First, what is the correlation between body image, growth mindset, grit, and successful aging? Second, do growth mindset and grit have a double mediating effect in the relationship between body image and successful aging? For the analysis, SPSS WIn.25.0 and PROCESS macro 3.5.3, frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and dual mediation effect analysis were performed. As a result of the study, first, there were significant positive correlations between body image, growth mindset, grit, and successful aging. Among them, there was the highest correlation between growth mindset and grit. Second, the body image had a significant and positive effect on growth mindset, growth mindset had a positive and positive effect on hope, and hope had a positive effect on successful aging. The indirect effect of the path from body image to successful aging through growth mindset and grit was also significant. That is, the growth mindset and grit had a double mediating effect in the relationship between body image and successful aging of the elderly. These results are intended to be used as a new practical model for successful aging using the elderly's body image and psychological variables.

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Citations:

APA:
Hwang, Y. K., Lee, C. S. (2021). The Relationship between Body Image and Successful Aging of the Elderly: The Dual Mediating Effects of Growth Mindset and Grit. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 7(8), 213-222. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2021.08.19

MLA:
Hwang, Yeoun Kyoung, et al. “The Relationship between Body Image and Successful Aging of the Elderly: The Dual Mediating Effects of Growth Mindset and Grit.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 8, 2021, pp. 213-222. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v7n8/19.html.

IEEE:
[1] Y. K. Hwang, C. S. Lee “The Relationship between Body Image and Successful Aging of the Elderly: The Dual Mediating Effects of Growth Mindset and Grit.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 213-222, August 2021.