Purpose: This study was done to identify the factors which influence depression for elderly people who live at home. Methods: The participants were 134 elderly people living at home in M city. Data were collected from April 2 to 30, 2009 and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 12.0 and AMOS 5.0 program. I assumed path coefficients by doing path analysis to understand synthetically causal relationship which influences on depression. Results: Social support, sleep pattern and self esteem had significant direct effects on life satisfaction and accounted for 50% of the total variance in life satisfaction. Physical symptoms, sleep pattern and life satisfaction also had significant direct effects on depression and accounted for 59% of the variance in depression. But social support, self assertiveness and self esteem were not significant for depression. Conclusion: These results provide guidance for designing useful strategies to reduce depression in elderly people living at home.

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to the relationship between life satisfaction, health behaviors, and successful aging and factors associated with successful aging. Methods: Participants in this study included 159 elders living in one city. Data on life satisfaction (Choi's Life Satisfaction Scale for Korean elderly, 1984), health behaviors (Choi & Kim's Health Behaviors Scale for Korean elderly, 1997), and successful aging (Kim & Shin's Successful Aging Scale for Korean elderly, 2005) were collected by trained interviewers. For analysis of collected data, the PASW 18.0 program was used, which included descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and Multiple regression. Results: Results showed a positive correlation between life satisfaction, health behaviors, and successful aging. Life satisfaction, self-perceived health status, and health behavior explained 60.8% of successful aging. Conclusion: There is a need to help improve health behavior and self-perceived health status of elders. We should also understand life satisfaction over their life span and establish a program that encourages healthy behavior in the community. Accordingly, these efforts will allow for achievement of a more successful aging process for the elderly.

This study was to help the nursing students for better adjustment to college life by identifying the effects of academic burnout and academic self-efficacy in their college life. Study subjects were 277 students attending the college of nursing at a university and self-reporting questionnaires were used from December 7, 2015 to December 21, to collect data. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise regression with SPSS/Window 22.0. The nursing student's average score for academic self-efficacy was 3.70±0.50 points, for academic burnout 2.85±0.71 points and ajustment to college life 3.21±0.52 points. Adjustment to college life significantly