Resilience in Old Age Impact on the Gratitude Tendency

This study aimed to determine the impact of the elderly's resilience on their propensity to be grateful.To this end, data were collected by requesting a survey company in January 2023, and the company conducted an online survey using the Survey Monkey program.The survey was conducted only in cases where consent was given, excluding seven copies with poor responses.SPSS Win 24.0 version ultimately used two hundred ninety-three copies for analysis.First, t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to identify differences in resilience and gratitude propensity according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly.Second, descriptive statistical analysis was applied to confirm the normal distribution of resilience and gratitude tendencies of the elderly.Third, hierarchical regression analysis was applied to determine the impact of the resilience of the elderly on gratitude tendency.The main results of this study are as follows.First, there were significant differences in resilience depending on the education level, health status, and economic status of the elderly.In the case of college graduates or higher, the resilience of the elderly who perceived their health and economic status as 'good' was high.Second, there were significant differences in gratitude inclinations depending on the health status, economic status, religion, and residence of the elderly when perceiving their health and economic status as 'good,' elderly people living in small and medium-sized cities/rural areas tended to be grateful.Third, the higher the resilience of the elderly, the higher the gratitude tendency.