• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.85-94
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• 2022

This study aims to investigate predictors of the subjective well-being of middle-aged single mothers who experienced divorce or bereavement. The study involved 244 divorced or widowed women from the 7th Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families aged 40-60 who had children and were employed. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were conducted. The research results showed that the socio-demographic characteristic (marital status and health), person-related variables (satisfaction with leisure activity and stress), and work-related variables (job satisfaction and work-family enrichment) were significantly related to happiness of middle-aged single mothers. Current economic status and stress were associated with depression in middle-aged single mothers. Increasing middle-aged single mothers' participation in healthy leisure activities, reducing their stress, and improving their satisfaction with work were found to be important to enhancing their subjective well-being. Regarding the foregoing, policy directions were discussed for middle-aged single mothers' leisure activities, stress management, and improved satisfaction with work.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.13-23
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• 2010

The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of national context and family-friendliness of organizational culture in the private sectors on employee self-reported job and family life satisfaction. The data came from 1,613 employees of IT and retail companies in Korea, U. K., and Sweden, whom were married(partnered) with children under 12. The major findings of this study were as follows: The Swedish workers had more family-friendly perceptions about their organizational culture and more satisfaction about their job and family life compared with workers in U. K. and Korea. The hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that perceptions of family-friendliness of organizational culture were positively related to employees' job and family life satisfaction. It was also found that perceived family-friendliness of organizational culture and national context significantly predicted employees' job-family life satisfaction. The implications of study results were discussed.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.145-156
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• 1995

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 가족 연구와 가족생활교육 및 가족상담 장면에서 활용될 수 있는 가족의 건강도 척도를 개발하는 것이다. 선행연구 및 관련 척도 고찰을 통하여 하위 요인 및 문항을 구성하였고, 문항의 적합도와 안면 타당도 검증 과정을 거쳐 예비조사 도구 100문항이 구성되었다. 가족생활주기별로 344명의 어머니를 대상으로 하였으며, 문항양호도를 파악하기 위하여 X^2$ 값과 Cramer의 V계수를 산출하였고, 척도의 구인타당도를 검증하기 위하여 요인분석을 실시한 결과, 4개 요인(가족간의 의사소통, 가족간의 몰입, 가족원의 적응력, 가족 가치관)이 추출되었으며, 이들은 전체적으로 57%의 설명력을 갖는다. 또한 회귀분석을 실시하여 각 요인별 문항을 선정함으로서 최종적으로 34문항이 구성되었다. '가족 건강도' 척도 및 그 하위 요인과 ${\ulcorner}Family\;Adaptability\;and\;Cohesion\;Evaluation\;Scale{\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}Family\;Stengths\;Scale{\lrcorner}$과의 상관계수는 .25에서 .56사이로 나타나 본 척도의 공인타당도가 입증되었다. 척도의 신뢰도는 Cronbach의 a계수 .94로 나타났으며, 하위요인별로는 .80에서 .91로 만족스럽게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Family Resource Management Association Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.80-94
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• 2000

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.39-53
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the rural migration factors, degree of preparation for migration, lifestyle conditions and support policies reflected against the family satisfaction of the migration. In this study family factors were used as control variables. Independent variables for this study will consist of the factors of rural migration, the degree of preparation for migration, living conditions of the farmers and the support policies, where as the dependent variable is the satisfaction of migration with an adjusting factor of the family satisfaction which will be further analysed to identify its effects on the dependent variable. For this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted for the residents and 237 valid questionnaires were collected. Multiple regression analysis was performed based on the collected data where demographic attributes being the controlling variable, and regression analysis was performed for the adjusting variable of the family. As the economic factor increases, the level of satisfaction generated to be higher in rural migration. As for the degree of preparation, living condition and support policies resulted, great quantity of green nature, safety and agriculture startup support, respectively, indicated a positive effect to the satisfaction level of migration. From the results, adjustment effect of the family factors on the economic, nature, convenience and satisfaction of the migration have appeared. The conclusion of this study is that policy support, regional stability, and economic gain are the most important factors to increase satisfaction and to reduce re-migration rate to city.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.5-13
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• 2009

Purpose: This exploratory study was undertaken to analyze the information needs of family members of terminal cancer patients, collected through the telephone counselling service by National Cancer Information Center. Methods: The study included 113 family members of terminal cancer patients who had enrolled at the National Cancer Information Center for the period from June, 2007 through March, 2008 and had agreed to the survey. Results: The subjects (n=113) consisted of grown-up children (n=82) and spouses (n=8) of patients'. Those in their 40's (n=40) and 30's (n=36) accounted for the majority of the sample. The questions raised most were about the information on treatment methods (n=117), management of terminal cancer patients (n=46), terminal cancer patients' life (n=27), deathbed and prediction of remaining life (n=18), hospitalization (n=16), and financial support (n=15). Most of the subjects were satisfied with the telephone counseling services, and 69% of the subjects had come to know about the telephone counseling service via Internet, and 10.6% of them stated that the PR for the service was poor. Conclusion: It is deemed essential for the government to use the mass media for PR of the hospice services, since family members of terminal cancer patients' are less aware of the hospice conducive to enhancement of patients' remaining quality of life, being involued too deeply in their treatment.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.72-80
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• 2022

In this study, we investigated the effects of health satisfaction and family relationship satisfaction on depression among low-income middle-aged men who are expected to have great economic difficulties. The mediating effect was analyzed to see what kind of change in the depressive state according to the social acquaintance satisfaction. Frequency analysis and regression analysis were performed using SPSS statistics program using data from the 15th Korea Welfare Panel for middle-aged adults aged 50 to 64 years. As a result of analyzing the mediating effect of social acquaintance satisfaction on depression, it showed a partial mediating effect on health satisfaction and a fully mediating effect on family relationship satisfaction. The result of this study is to clearly reveal the effect of service support for improving social acquaintance satisfaction for middle-aged men on mental health such as depression, in the future effective standards can be provided for validation of the validity of social network support services for middle-aged men.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.436-446
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• 2015

Work-family interface including work-family conflict and work-family enrichment has an effect on organizational performance such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This empirical research mainly investigated influence of family-friendly organizational culture on work-family interface and organizational performance. Three key variables apply for this research : work-family interface, organizational performance and family-friendly organizational culture. A total 750 questionnaire was collected from female managers in various companies for hypothesis testing. The empirical analysis shows that reducing work-family conflict and enhancing work-family enrichment positively contribute to job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The Family-friendly organizational culture plays a moderating role between work-family interface and organizational performance. As a result, the findings support the fact that family-friendly organizational culture impact on organizational performance through work-family balance.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.387-396
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to research the relationships among work-family culture, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention of employees in banking industry. In response to employees' need for work-family balance, employers have instituted a number of programs, such as assistant with child care and elder care, flex time, job sharing, shorter work weeks, and telecommuting were adopted. These areas of study are so important in modern organizations because of their influence on organizational success and on the personal lives of employees. To accomplish this study, it was determined that the analysis derived from a hypothesis and literature reviews and data collected from 254 employees in bank industry. The results of empirical analysis showed as follows. First, Perceived work-family culture has a significant effect on job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Second, Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have a significant effect on turnover intention. Based on these findings, the implications and limitations of the study were presented including some directions for future studies.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.565-575
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediated effect of family support and gender differences in the effects of the health status of the elderly on the satisfaction of life The research method is to analyze the data of 4,698 the elderly through SPSS V22.0 in the 12th edition of the Korea Welfare Panel(2017). First, First, subjective health status in health status has a positive effect on life satisfaction, and chronic disease has a negative effect. Second, in the health status and life satisfaction relationship of the elderly, the family support was found to have a positive mediating effect, and in the chronic disease and life satisfaction relationship, the family support had a negative mediating effect. Third, the effect of health status on life satisfaction has been shown to have a more positive effect on men than women, more negative effects on men than women in the effect of chronic diseases on life satisfaction, and more positive effects on men than women in the effect of family support.