Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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The Effects of University Students' Identity and Parent's Marital Relationship on their Perceptions of Marriage

대학생이 지각하는 자아정체감과 부모의 부부관계가 결혼관에 미치는 영향

  • Han, Nu-Ri (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Moon, Hyuk-Jun (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 한누리 (가톨릭대학교 생활문화학과 아동가족학전공) ;
  • 문혁준 (가톨릭대학교 아동학전공)
  • Received : 2015.01.21
  • Accepted : 2015.04.07
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

By examining variables affecting university student's perceptions of marriage, this study aimed to better understand how to promote positive perceptions of marriage among university students. The study sample consisted of 488 university students and their parents in Incheon and Gyeonggi, Korea. For data analysis, t-test, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were performed. First, results showed that individual growth, emotional stability, and overall perceptions of marriage varied by gender. And results showed that individual growth, institutional necessity, and overall perceptions of marriage varied by grade. Second, higher levels of perceptions of marriage among university students were significantly correlated with greater university student's identity, better parent's marital relationship. Third, the personal relations was most influential variable on university student's perceptions of marriage, followed by the parent's conflict and authority the mother's duties, followed by the target orientating, gender and grade. Overall, results suggest that parent's marital relationship is important for promotion of positive perceptions of marriage among university students. Also, systematic analysis of university student's identity and programs to address such problems are needed.

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