The relationship between students' perceptions and practicability of the "Me and My Family Relations" unit and Family strength among middle school students

나와 가족관계' 단원에 대한 중학생의 긍정적 인식, 실천성 인식과 가족건강성

This study aims at investigating how middle school students perceive the content of the 'Me and My Family Relations' unit in the technology and home economics textbook, act on such perceptions and how this connects with their healthy family relations. In addition, the study also points at inquiring into what kind of differences and mutual influences can be found in the above-mentioned three factors according to family environment. With this objective. this research has analyzed survey data conducted on 401 7th grade middle school students residing in Incheon Greater city, collected by the random sampling method. The findings are as follow: First, the students were found to have positive perceptions on the 'family relations and communication' unit in the technology and home economics text book. However. they were also found to perceive that the content was not as realizable in their everyday family lives. Second, the number of students who perceived their family lives to be healthy was found to be quite high. The students perceived their family lives to be healthy projecting from such aspects as the degree of gratification and affection, extent of family bonding, communication patterns, and problem solving abilities, in the same order. In addition, the higher the families' socio-economic level, and in the cases that the students had working mothers and the fathers held higher degrees, the degree to which the families were perceived to be healthy was higher. Third, in investigating the influence that such factors as the students' family environment, the degree that students perceived the text book content positively, and the degree that the students perceive the content to be realizable have on healthy family relations, among these factors, the students' perceived degree of how healthy their family relations are had the most bearing over the above-mentioned factors. The second influential factor on how healthy family relations are was the family's affectional environment, found to be more influential than such factors as family type, the mother's employment status, living standards, and the parents' educational level. On the other hand, the perceived level of realizability was found to have a lower influence on the students' family relations than the perceived positivity.

본 연구는 중학생을 대상으로 기술 가정 교과서 '나와 가족관계' 단원의 내용에 대한 긍정적 인식 정도와 실천성 인식정도, 가족건강성 정도를 알아보고자 하였다. 또한 중학생의 가족환경, 교과서의 긍정적 인식, 실천성 인식이 가족건강성에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 위해서 인천광역시에 거주하는 중학교 1학년을 대상으로 임의표집방법으로 질문지 430부를 배부하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째 중학생은 기술 가정 교과서 '나와 가족관계' 단원에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하고 있었다. 그러나 자신들의 실제 가족생활에서는 실천성이 없다고 생각하고 있었다. 둘째 중학생이 인지하는 자신의 가족건강성 정도는 높게 나타났고, 감사와 애정정도, 유대감, 긍정적인 의사소통, 문제해결능력의 순으로 높게 인식하고 있었다. 어머니 직업이 있을 경우, 생활수준, 부 학력 수준이 높을 경우 가족건강성을 높게 인식하고 있었다. 셋째 중학생의 가족환경, 교과내용의 긍정적 인식 정도, 실천성 인식정도가 가족건강성에 미치는 영향을 보면 교과서 내용에 대한 긍정적 인식과 가족의 정서환경이 가장 맡은 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 가족의 구조적 환경은 정서적 환경에 비해 미치는 영향력이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 교과서의 실천성 인식은 긍정적 인식에 비해 가족건강성에 미치는 영향이 낮은 것으로 나타났다.