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Korean Society of Leisure, Recreation & Park
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Korean Journal of Leisure, Recreation & Park - Vol. 50, No. 2, pp.19-30
ISSN: 1598-0413 (Print)
Print publication date 30 Jun 2026
Received 29 Apr 2026 Revised 02 Jun 2026 Accepted 23 Jun 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26446/kjlrp.2026.6.50.2.19

퇴직 후 50대 남성의 경제적어려움과 노후불안 관계에서 여가스포츠경험 조절효과

김유식1
1서울과학기술대학교 강사
The Moderating Effect of Leisure Sport Experience on the Relationship Between Economic Hardship and Retirement Anxiety Among Retired Men in Their 50s
Kim, Yu-Sik1
1Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Lecturer

Correspondence to: Kim, Yu-Sik E-mail: toya00@hanmail.net

Abstract

This study examined the moderating effect of leisure sport experience on the relationship between economic hardship and retirement anxiety among retired men in their 50s. The results showed that economic hardship significantly increased retirement anxiety, whereas leisure sport experience significantly reduced retirement anxiety. In addition, leisure sport experience was found to have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between economic hardship and retirement anxiety. These findings suggest that leisure sport experience operates beyond a direct effect on retirement anxiety, functioning instead within an interactional framework linking economic conditions and psychological adaptation. The results extend prior research focused on economic determinants by showing that experiential resources can modify this relationship. Accordingly, leisure sport experience is not a universal buffering factor, but a context-dependent resource whose effects vary across individual and situational conditions. This supports an individual and environment interaction perspective in explaining retirement anxiety.

Keywords:

economic hardship, retirement anxiety, leisure sport experience, retired men in their 50s

키워드:

경제적 어려움, 노후불안, 여가스포츠경험, 퇴직 후 50대 남성

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