The mediating effect of social capital in the relationship between the elderly's participation in economic activities on successful aging

The purpose of this study is to empirically verify the mediating effect of social capital in the effect of the elderly's participation in economic activities on successful aging, centering on the Chungbuk region. To this end, frequency analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation model analysis were conducted on the original data after a survey of 229 people living in the Chungbuk region for 4 weeks from February 1 to February 28, 2025. The main research results obtained through the analysis are as follows. First, as a result of analyzing the correlation between major variables, the elderly's participation in economic activities had a significant positive correlation with successful aging and social capital. Second, a significant mediating effect of social capital was confirmed in the relationship between the elderly's participation in economic activities and successful aging. Based on the above research results, suggestions for welfare policies and practices for the elderly were added.