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Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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Association of Family Values with Depressive Mood in Korean Married Women: The 4th Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families Panel

기혼여성의 우울감과 가족가치관과의 관련성 연구: 제4차 여성가족패널조사(2012) 자료분석

  • Park, Sojin (Novartis Korea) ;
  • Kim, Roeul (Labor Welfare Research Institute, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service) ;
  • Lim, Seungji (Health Insurance Policy Institute, National Health Insurance Service) ;
  • Kim, Jiman (Health Insurance Review & Assessment Research Institute, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service) ;
  • Chung, Woojin (Department of Health Policy and Management, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health)
  • 박소진 (한국노바티스) ;
  • 김노을 (근로복지공단 근로복지연구원) ;
  • 임승지 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험정책연구원) ;
  • 김지만 (건강보험심사평가원 심사평가연구소) ;
  • 정우진 (연세대학교 보건대학원 보건정책학과)
  • Received : 2018.04.06
  • Accepted : 2018.06.01
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Background: Family values of a married woman may be related to her own depressive mood. Since depressive mood of a married woman is likely to exert a negative influence, in terms of mental health, on her, her family members, and the whole society's, it may be very important to explore the relationship between family values in married women and their depressive mood. Methods: In this study, we analyzed nationally representative 5,818 married women aged 20 years or older from the 4th panel data of 2012 Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families. As for variables of interest, we constructed three family values variables: family-oriented view of marriage, individualistic view of marriage, and traditional view of marital roles. Then we employed multivariate logistic regression analyses to explore the relationship between family values and depressive mood, adjusting for family and socio-demographic factors. Results: In total, 804 married women (18.4%) had experienced depressive mood. All of the three family values variables were significant in their relationships with depressive mood. The women categorized as 'very weak' in family-oriented view of marriage were more likely to experience depressive mood than the women categorized as 'very strong' (odds ratio [OR], 1.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.53-2.55). By contrast, the women categorized as 'very weak' in individualistic view of marriage (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.33-0.55) and in traditional view of marital roles (OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.51-0.92) were less likely to experience depressive mood than their respective counterpart women categorized as 'very strong.' Conclusion: In Korea, married women's values towards marriage itself and roles between wives and husbands had significant associations with their depressive mood. This suggests that in order to improve mental health in married women, we need to take social and cultural dimensions into consideration along with public health interventions.

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