Browsing by Author "Kim, Tae Hui"

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    Autobiographical Memory Function as a Related Factor to Resilience of Older Adults
    (2023-05-25) Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae; Kim, Jung-Ran; Kim, Tae Hui; Park, Ji-Hyuk
    Purpose: This study aimed to measure the autobiographical memory function (AMF) of community-dwelling older adults to analyze its association with reminiscence function and with resilience. Methods: A survey was conducted on cognitively and psychologically healthy older adults aged 60 years and older living in the community. The Korean Version of Thinking About Life Experiences, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Reminiscence Functions Scale for the Elderly were used to measure AMF, resilience, and reminiscence function, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to examine the associations between variables. Results: The mean age of the participants was 73.14 years (SD = 7.59) (n = 121). The mean score of AMF was 1.99 (SD = 0.72). AMF tended to decrease with age (p = .32). AMFs were positively associated with reminiscence functions (p < .001). After controlling for sociodemographic and health characteristics, AMF was positively associated with resilience (β = 0.229, p < .05). AMF explained 4.2% of the variance in resilience. Conclusion: The study confirmed that AMF is a related factor to the resilience of older adults. Further studies are recommended to measure AMF with various samples, including older adults with depression and cognitive decline, and to analyze it’s association with health-related variables in order to support the advantage of AMF in older adults’ health.
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    Exploring autobiographical memory functions in Korean older adults: Development and application of the Korean version of Thinking About Life Experiences scale (TALE-K)
    (2021) Park, Sangmi; Lee, Chang Dae; Kim, Tae Hui
    Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Thinking About Life Experiences scale (TALE-K) and to analyze the characteristics of autobiographical memory function (AMF) in community-dwelling older adults Methods: To develop TALE-K, a translation and back-translation procedure followed by an understanding test was performed. Then, a survey was conducted to examine the associations of AMF with psychosocial variables using TALE-K, Index of Well-Being (IWB), Meaning in life scale for older adults, Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (RULS), Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Results: Data from 75 community-dwelling older adults were used for the final analysis. The average scores of all three subscales of TALE-K were below 3 points (less frequent than occasionally). The correlation results showed that TALE-K total score was significantly associated with IWB and the Meaning in life scale for older adults. The multiple linear regression results presented that higher AMF was significantly associated with higher IWB, along with having siblings, higher meaning in life and resilience, and lower loneliness. Conclusion: Including a validation study of TALE-K, studies for understanding the characteristics of AMF in older adults using TALE-K are needed.