Dual Mediating Effect of spousal support and Child support in the Effects of Marital Intimacy on the spousal Caregiving Awareness Do Hye-Yeong1, Kim Yun-Jeong2,*, Lee Sang-Jin3 1Doctor Course, Department of the Elderly Welfare, Hanseo University 2Professor, Department of Health, Counseling and Welfare, Hanseo University 3Adjunct Professor, Department of Health, Counseling and Welfare, Hanseo University *Corresponding Author: Yun-Jeong Kim, Professor, Department of Health, Counseling and Welfare, Hanseo University, Email: twoyun21@hanmail.net
Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the dual mediating effects of child support and spousal support in the effects of marital intimacy, on the spouse caregiving awareness targeting the middle to high elderly, noted as having the age of 45 years or older. The subjects of this study were middle to high elderly participants having the age of 45 years or older, and who were found to be residing in the Chungnam region, Korea. The survey was conducted from July to August 2018. To determine the dual mediation effect of spousal support and child support in the effects of marital intimacy on the spouse caregiving awareness, a SPSS PROCESS macro model 6 proposed by Hayes (2018) was used. The martial intimacy had a significant positive effect on the child support, spouse support, and spouse caregiving awareness. In addition, child support had a positive effect on the spousal support, and the spousal support had a positive effect on the spouse caregiving awareness. However, the effect of child support on spouse caregiving awareness was noted as not as significant. In addition, the total effect of marital intimacy on spouse caregiving awareness was β=.7043 which had a positive effect. The direct effect of marital intimacy on spouse caregiving awareness was β=.3431 which was noted as being lower than the total effect. Therefore, it can be seen that the mediating effects of child support and spousal support are significant in this case as measured during the study. And, the bootstrap was used to verify the simple and dual mediating effects of child support and spouse support. The dual mediating effect of child support and spousal support in the effects of marital intimacy on the spouse caregiving awareness was subsequently verified in this case. In the case of having low caregiving awareness due to a low sense of intimacy with the spouse, in addition to improving the caregiving awareness by improving intimacy with the spouse, a method for improving child support and spousal support should be actively reviewed as a way to find interventions to increase this level of support in a marriage. Top Keywords Spousal support, Child support, Marital intimacy, Caregiving awareness, Dual mediating effect. Top |